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Tornado Watch 65
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 1, 2024, 2:13 PM CDT for 53 counties in Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2024, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2024, 12:39 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 4 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 65 counties
Atoka County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie 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, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 90%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 90%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
56 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 34 min |
| Apr 1, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kay, Noble | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 52 min |
| Apr 1, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 51 min |
| Apr 1, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 24 min |
| Apr 1, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 52 min |
| Apr 1, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 41 min |
| Apr 1, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 1, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 54 min |
| Apr 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger | 50 min |
| Apr 1, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 49 min |
| Apr 1, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Young | 55 min |
| Apr 1, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 26 min |
| Apr 1, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Logan, Noble, Payne | 43 min |
| Apr 1, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 52 min |
| Apr 1, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian | 51 min |
| Apr 1, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 27 min |
| Apr 1, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Washita | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Noble, Payne | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 46 min |
| Apr 1, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant, Wise | 67 min |
| Apr 1, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 50 min |
| Apr 1, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 38 min |
| Apr 1, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Payne | 37 min |
| Apr 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 111 min |
| Apr 1, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 25 min |
| Apr 1, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 13 min |
| Apr 1, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 21 min |
| Apr 1, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 24 min |
| Apr 1, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 49 min |
| Apr 1, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens | 24 min |
| Apr 1, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain | 20 min |
| Apr 1, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray, Stephens | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 38 min |
| Apr 1, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 26 min |
| Apr 1, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Johnston, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc and 2 more | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 41 min |
| Apr 1, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal | 26 min |
| Apr 1, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 12:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 41 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
- Mesoscale Discussion 322 Severe potential...tornado watch likely
- Mesoscale Discussion 321 Severe potential...watch likely
- Mesoscale Discussion 324 Severe potential...tornado watch likely
- Mesoscale Discussion 328 Tornado watch 65
- Mesoscale Discussion 332 Tornado watch 65...67
- Mesoscale Discussion 333 Tornado watch 65
- Mesoscale Discussion 337 Severe thunderstorm watch 70
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 27 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ottawa | 89 min |
| Apr 1, 5:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 39 more | 97 min |
| Apr 1, 2:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 24 more | 92 min |
| Apr 1, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Collin and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Eastland and 20 more | 94 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.