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Tornado Watch 158

April 28, 202444 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM CDT for 44 counties in Texas. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 44 counties

Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Colorado County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Houston County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes: 40%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 20%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 40%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 90%

Warnings issued inside it

76 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Milam	58 min
Apr 28, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	53 min
Apr 28, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	49 min
Apr 28, 2:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Falls, Milam, Robertson	47 min
Apr 28, 3:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Falls, Limestone	3 hr
Apr 28, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Falls, Robertson	45 min
Apr 28, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone	38 min
Apr 28, 3:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone	3 hr
Apr 28, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	60 min
Apr 28, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	66 min
Apr 28, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee	42 min
Apr 28, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Anderson	35 min
Apr 28, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Leon	50 min
Apr 28, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Houston	52 min
Apr 28, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Smith	46 min
Apr 28, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	51 min
Apr 28, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison	48 min
Apr 28, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes	33 min
Apr 28, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby	42 min
Apr 28, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	51 min
Apr 28, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Houston	29 min
Apr 28, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes, Madison, Walker	32 min
Apr 28, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison	46 min
Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	60 min
Apr 28, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Grimes, Madison	23 min
Apr 28, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Grimes, Madison	30 min
Apr 28, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston	52 min
Apr 28, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Madison	32 min
Apr 28, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola, Rusk	46 min
Apr 28, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion	44 min
Apr 28, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Madison	35 min
Apr 28, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Trinity	48 min
Apr 28, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cherokee	32 min
Apr 28, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison	31 min
Apr 28, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches	30 min
Apr 28, 7:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Houston, Madison	83 min
Apr 28, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	27 min
Apr 28, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk	35 min
Apr 28, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes, Madison, Walker	34 min
Apr 28, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HGX	Houston, Trinity	34 min
Apr 28, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison, Walker	30 min
Apr 28, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby	42 min
Apr 28, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HGX	Grimes, Houston, Madison, Walker	29 min
Apr 28, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	49 min
Apr 28, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, San Augustine	47 min
Apr 28, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	46 min
Apr 28, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Madison, Walker	45 min
Apr 28, 8:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Walker	5 hr
Apr 28, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HGX	Houston, Madison, Walker	48 min
Apr 28, 8:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	San Jacinto, Trinity	4 hr
Apr 28, 8:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	3 hr
Apr 28, 9:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Shelby	3 hr
Apr 28, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	32 min
Apr 28, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	43 min
Apr 28, 9:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker	5 hr
Apr 28, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker	34 min
Apr 28, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine	59 min
Apr 28, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	43 min
Apr 28, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Angelina	30 min
Apr 28, 10:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	HGX	Trinity	3 hr
Apr 28, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity	38 min
Apr 28, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine	44 min
Apr 28, 10:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby	3 hr
Apr 28, 10:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine	31 min
Apr 28, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker	28 min
Apr 28, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	40 min
Apr 28, 11:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	5 hr
Apr 28, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker	46 min
Apr 28, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity	41 min
Apr 28, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	48 min
Apr 28, 11:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Polk, Trinity	3 hr
Apr 29, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity	30 min
Apr 29, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	39 min
Apr 29, 12:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	HGX	Walker	3 hr
Apr 29, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto	47 min
Apr 29, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk	35 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 286 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 7:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell and 7 more	60 min
Apr 27, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Eastland, Fisher and 19 more	7 hr
Apr 27, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 27 more	8 hr
Apr 27, 11:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coke, Crockett, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Mitchell and 10 more	114 min
Apr 28, 12:32 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Collin, Comanche, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 14 more	88 min
Apr 28, 1:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Delta and 20 more	6 hr
Apr 28, 4:11 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bosque, Collin, Coryell, Dallas, Delta, Ellis and 21 more	64 min
Apr 28, 9:46 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Brazos, Burleson, Freestone, Grimes and 10 more	89 min
Apr 28, 1:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee, Falls and 10 more	2 hr
Apr 28, 3:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lamar, Red River	2 hr
Apr 28, 3:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee, Houston, Leon and 3 more	58 min
Apr 28, 6:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Cherokee, Harrison, Houston, Marion, Nacogdoches and 6 more	62 min
Apr 28, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	8 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.