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Tornado Watch 189

May 6, 202432 counties in Kansas; 51 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 6, 2024, 2:05 PM CDT for 32 counties in Kansas; 51 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2024, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2024, 1:50 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Particularly dangerous situation: Yes
Largest hail expected: 4 in
Strongest gust expected: 65 kt

All 87 counties

Allen County, KS, Barber County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ford County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Labette County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Clay County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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: 95%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 90%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 60%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 80%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	38 min
May 6, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	40 min
May 6, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	42 min
May 6, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	44 min
May 6, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	28 min
May 6, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	27 min
May 6, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	48 min
May 6, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	58 min
May 6, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward	38 min
May 6, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	44 min
May 6, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	43 min
May 6, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	38 min
May 6, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woodward	42 min
May 6, 4:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward	42 min
May 6, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills	41 min
May 6, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt, Stafford	44 min
May 6, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Stafford	28 min
May 6, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward	51 min
May 6, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	44 min
May 6, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	50 min
May 6, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Dewey	44 min
May 6, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	17 min
May 6, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	66 min
May 6, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Reno	49 min
May 6, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major, Woods	52 min
May 6, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant, Woods	48 min
May 6, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey	45 min
May 6, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Major	34 min
May 6, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa	6 min
May 6, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	McPherson, Saline	58 min
May 6, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	40 min
May 6, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant	51 min
May 6, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant	50 min
May 6, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major	49 min
May 6, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	32 min
May 6, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey	47 min
May 6, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major	50 min
May 6, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita	42 min
May 6, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	39 min
May 6, 7:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	3 hr
May 6, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Major	35 min
May 6, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	49 min
May 6, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major	43 min
May 6, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield	38 min
May 6, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey	48 min
May 6, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer	39 min
May 6, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Grant, Kay	46 min
May 6, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	56 min
May 6, 7:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Major	4 hr
May 6, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	40 min
May 6, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan and 2 more	47 min
May 6, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Custer	35 min
May 6, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	56 min
May 6, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Garfield, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan and 2 more	40 min
May 6, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	54 min
May 6, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	44 min
May 6, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	26 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Kay, Noble	45 min
May 6, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	59 min
May 6, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	41 min
May 6, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	39 min
May 6, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Garfield, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan and 3 more	38 min
May 6, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher	40 min
May 6, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	49 min
May 6, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kay	30 min
May 6, 9:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Noble	3 hr
May 6, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	42 min
May 6, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 2 more	80 min
May 6, 9:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble and 1 more	5 hr
May 6, 9:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	31 min
May 6, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	58 min
May 6, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	53 min
May 6, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Allen, Wilson, Woodson	63 min
May 6, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Garfield, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Noble and 2 more	63 min
May 6, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Washington	40 min
May 6, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	16 min
May 6, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 2 more	47 min
May 6, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	12 min
May 6, 10:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Payne	6 hr
May 6, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata	32 min
May 6, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Payne	42 min
May 6, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	44 min
May 6, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner	50 min
May 6, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady, Washita	48 min
May 6, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	45 min
May 6, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Mayes, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more	48 min
May 6, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne	45 min
May 6, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	32 min
May 6, 10:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	46 min
May 6, 11:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	5 hr
May 6, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Lincoln	40 min
May 6, 11:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	39 min
May 6, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	51 min
May 6, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain	31 min
May 6, 11:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	32 min
May 6, 11:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	4 hr
May 6, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Seminole	51 min
May 6, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	50 min
May 6, 11:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Lincoln	5 hr
May 7, 12:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie	12 min
May 7, 12:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	52 min
May 7, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	51 min
May 7, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	41 min
May 7, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee	52 min
May 7, 12:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee	33 min
May 7, 12:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	5 hr
May 7, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	44 min
May 7, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	33 min
May 7, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray, Stephens	49 min
May 7, 1:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	4 hr
May 7, 1:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Wagoner	4 hr

Discussions around it

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

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 7:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Sumner	63 min
May 6, 10:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Graham, Jewell and 12 more	2 hr
May 6, 11:34 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barton, Ellis, Ellsworth, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln and 10 more	7 hr
May 6, 11:47 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Harper and 11 more	118 min
May 6, 1:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Ellis, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell and 9 more	92 min
May 6, 2:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa and 5 more	60 min
May 6, 3:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Dickinson, Douglas and 16 more	113 min
May 6, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 19 more	8 hr
May 6, 5:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Harper	93 min
May 6, 5:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary and 15 more	97 min
May 6, 3:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Kingfisher and 4 more	55 min

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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.