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Tornado Watch 708
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 8, 2024, 1:47 PM CST for 7 counties in Oklahoma; 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2024, 1:47 PM CST (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2024, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 39 counties
Carter County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Love County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Montague County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague, Wise | 42 min |
| Nov 8, 1:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 16 min |
| Nov 8, 1:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman | 46 min |
| Nov 8, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 50 min |
| Nov 8, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague, Wise | 45 min |
| Nov 8, 2:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 3 hr |
| Nov 8, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone, Navarro | 25 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
473 WWUS20 KWNS 081946 SEL8 SPC WW 081946 OKZ000-TXZ000-090300- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 708 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 150 PM CST Fri Nov 8 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southern Oklahoma North and North-Central Texas * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until 900 PM CST. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible SUMMARY...Bands of severe storms, and potentially a few semi-discrete supercells, should continue to develop regionally through mid/late afternoon, with the strongest storms capable of damaging winds and tornadoes. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles east northeast of Fort Sill OK to 20 miles east southeast of Temple TX. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. && AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 21035. ...Guyer
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 6:23 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cimarron | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 1:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cimarron | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:36 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Jefferson, Love, Marshall, Stephens | 114 min |
| Nov 7, 7:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coleman, Runnels, Schleicher, Tom Green | 54 min |
| Nov 8, 1:18 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Coryell, Denton, Erath, Hill, Hood and 8 more | 117 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.