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Tornado Watch 65

April 1, 202453 counties in Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas

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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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
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble34 min
Apr 1, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage48 min
Apr 1, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan31 min
Apr 1, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kay, Noble30 min
Apr 1, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage52 min
Apr 1, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne48 min
Apr 1, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage51 min
Apr 1, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble32 min
Apr 1, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage24 min
Apr 1, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee52 min
Apr 1, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAOsage41 min
Apr 1, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage47 min
Apr 1, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSANowata, Osage, Washington45 min
Apr 1, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens, Young54 min
Apr 1, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman, Wilbarger50 min
Apr 1, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNComanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman49 min
Apr 1, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Young55 min
Apr 1, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan32 min
Apr 1, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher26 min
Apr 1, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNGarfield, Logan, Noble, Payne43 min
Apr 1, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Parker, Tarrant, Wise52 min
Apr 1, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne47 min
Apr 1, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian51 min
Apr 1, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian30 min
Apr 1, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNNoble, Payne27 min
Apr 1, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNCuster, Dewey, Washita35 min
Apr 1, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNLogan, Noble, Payne48 min
Apr 1, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee46 min
Apr 1, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant, Wise67 min
Apr 1, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee50 min
Apr 1, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage38 min
Apr 1, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Payne37 min
Apr 1, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Canadian, Kingfisher33 min
Apr 1, 7:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKingfisher111 min
Apr 1, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington32 min
Apr 1, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee30 min
Apr 1, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne25 min
Apr 1, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Washington32 min
Apr 1, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage13 min
Apr 1, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg21 min
Apr 1, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig24 min
Apr 1, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata49 min
Apr 1, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa47 min
Apr 1, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens24 min
Apr 1, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain20 min
Apr 1, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray, Stephens48 min
Apr 1, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington38 min
Apr 1, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig26 min
Apr 1, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Johnston, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc and 2 more42 min
Apr 1, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa42 min
Apr 1, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner41 min
Apr 1, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Coal26 min
Apr 1, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware51 min
Apr 2, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg43 min
Apr 2, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah49 min
Apr 2, 12:34 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Sequoyah41 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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2024-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 544 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2024-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 1:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 27 more2 hr
Apr 1, 3:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCOttawa89 min
Apr 1, 5:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 39 more97 min
Apr 1, 2:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 24 more92 min
Apr 1, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Collin and 28 more6 hr
Apr 1, 5:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Eastland and 20 more94 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.