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Tornado Watch 90
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 8, 2024, 1:26 PM CDT for 14 parishes in Louisiana; 29 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2024, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 3 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 43 counties
Bienville Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Newton County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Washington County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 70%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 60%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller, Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | San Augustine, Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker | 24 min |
| Apr 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Smith | 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 10:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beauregard, Natchitoches, Sabine, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sabine | 116 min |
| Apr 8, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo | 95 min |
| Apr 8, 4:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 32 more | 115 min |
| Apr 8, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Crosby and 20 more | 8 hr |
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.