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Tornado Watch 638
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 24, 2025, 11:49 AM CST for De Soto Parish, Red River Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2025, 11:49 AM CST (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2025, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 38 counties
De Soto Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty 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, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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
- 60%
- 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
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches | 46 min |
| Nov 24, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 25 min |
| Nov 24, 6:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby | 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 1:07 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | De Soto, Sabine | 83 min |
| Nov 24, 3:47 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | De Soto, Sabine | 88 min |
| Nov 23, 8:35 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baylor, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 16 more | 115 min |
| Nov 24, 12:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 24, 10:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado and 26 more | 85 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.