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Tornado Watch 233
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 12, 2024, 12:32 PM CDT for 16 parishes in Louisiana; 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2024, 12:32 PM CDT (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 29 counties
Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Chambers County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Waller County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 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
- 10%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- 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
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 52 min |
| May 12, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 66 min |
| May 12, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 62 min |
| May 12, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 58 min |
| May 12, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 41 min |
| May 12, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 35 min |
| May 12, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 63 min |
| May 12, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 22 min |
| May 12, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 31 min |
| May 12, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 31 min |
| May 12, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 43 min |
| May 12, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| May 12, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 58 min |
| May 12, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 25 min |
| May 12, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides, Vernon | 51 min |
| May 12, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 35 min |
| May 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 51 min |
| May 12, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more | 116 min |
| May 12, 8:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Coryell and 12 more | 113 min |
| May 12, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 22 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 10:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Austin, Brazos, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend and 16 more | 116 min |
| May 12, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Falls and 19 more | 84 min |
| May 12, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Castro, Hale, Hockley, Hutchinson and 9 more | 114 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.