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Tornado Watch 91
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 1, 2025, 5:02 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas; 40 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2025, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2025, 11:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 53 counties
Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Harper County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 60%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
12 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major, Noble | 38 min |
| Apr 1, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman | 44 min |
| Apr 1, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 23 min |
| Apr 1, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Stephens | 15 min |
| Apr 1, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 51 min |
| Apr 1, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 50 min |
| Apr 1, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 49 min |
| Apr 1, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens | 38 min |
| Apr 1, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 36 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 1, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Cloud, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Graham and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cowley, Sumner | 86 min |
| Apr 1, 6:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Mitchell, Ottawa and 3 more | 97 min |
| Apr 1, 3:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 20 more | 118 min |
| Apr 1, 6:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson and 2 more | 2 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.