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Tornado Watch 160
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 28, 2024, 6:42 PM CDT for 6 counties in Arkansas; 18 parishes in Louisiana; Jasper County, Newton County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2024, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2024, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 27 counties
Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 40%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
26 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Union | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada, Union | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Clark, Dallas, Ouachita | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo, De Soto | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Lincoln | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, De Soto, Red River, Webster | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 12:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 1:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 1:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 33 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 12:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 88 min |
| Apr 28, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan and 6 more | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 3:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Polk, Scott and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 6:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 55 min |
| 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, 1:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Delta and 20 more | 6 hr |
| 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, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson and 38 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee, Houston, Leon and 3 more | 58 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.