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Tornado Watch 363

June 3, 202527 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 3, 2025, 5:38 PM CDT for 27 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2025, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 27 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Creek County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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
50%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
20%
Ten or more severe wind reports
60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
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
90%

Warnings issued inside it

31 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie28 min
Jun 3, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, Murray35 min
Jun 3, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens47 min
Jun 3, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie44 min
Jun 3, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, Murray50 min
Jun 3, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie48 min
Jun 3, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee44 min
Jun 3, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole53 min
Jun 3, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee49 min
Jun 3, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Murray29 min
Jun 3, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, Pontotoc, Seminole27 min
Jun 3, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMurray, Pontotoc50 min
Jun 3, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Pontotoc46 min
Jun 3, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCoal, Johnston, Pontotoc51 min
Jun 3, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner48 min
Jun 3, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington44 min
Jun 3, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Seminole18 min
Jun 3, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJohnston, Murray, Pontotoc25 min
Jun 3, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa, Washington24 min
Jun 3, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc49 min
Jun 3, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner50 min
Jun 3, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCoal26 min
Jun 3, 7:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJohnston, Murray, Pontotoc3 hr
Jun 3, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc51 min
Jun 3, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc50 min
Jun 3, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Coal46 min
Jun 3, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Love, Marshall52 min
Jun 3, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNAtoka, Coal49 min
Jun 3, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha47 min
Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan, Marshall52 min
Jun 3, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw42 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer and 11 more85 min
Jun 2, 10:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan and 4 more113 min
Jun 3, 12:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Custer, Dewey and 10 more90 min
Jun 3, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 45 more7 hr
Jun 3, 3:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Lincoln and 4 more2 hr
Jun 3, 5:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain, Murray and 3 more2 hr
Jun 3, 6:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Carter, Coal, Creek, Garvin, Haskell and 18 more91 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.