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Tornado Watch 110

April 14, 202617 counties in Kansas; 37 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 14, 2026, 3:20 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas; 37 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2026, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2026, 10:03 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3.5 in
Strongest gust expected
65 kt
All 62 counties

Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Labette County, KS, Marion County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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
40%
Ten or more severe hail reports
70%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
70%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Wichita, Wilbarger48 min
Apr 14, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman32 min
Apr 14, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNCotton, Tillman48 min
Apr 14, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Knox49 min
Apr 14, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton33 min
Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham47 min
Apr 14, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNBaylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger43 min
Apr 14, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon39 min
Apr 14, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens49 min
Apr 14, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNBeckham, Custer, Greer, Washita47 min
Apr 14, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNWilbarger50 min
Apr 14, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson48 min
Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNFoard, Knox, Wilbarger3 hr
Apr 14, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Knox50 min
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady, Stephens41 min
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Custer, Washita41 min
Apr 14, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa20 min
Apr 14, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNBaylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger50 min
Apr 14, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNJackson, Tillman47 min
Apr 14, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche24 min
Apr 14, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Stephens, Tillman38 min
Apr 14, 8:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche2 hr
Apr 14, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens50 min
Apr 14, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens44 min
Apr 14, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole46 min
Apr 14, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa44 min
Apr 14, 9:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner24 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2026-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1864 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2026-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 342 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
10.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 7:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMiami66 min
Apr 14, 2:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 7 more3 hr
Apr 14, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Grady and 7 more91 min
Apr 14, 1:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Callahan, Coke, Crockett, Fisher, Glasscock and 19 more3 hr
Apr 14, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBorden, Callahan, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 32 more8 hr
Apr 14, 6:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Crane, Crockett, Fisher, Glasscock, Howard and 10 more89 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.