Tornado Watch 13

Issued

Mar 5, 2026, 5:43 PM CST (23:43 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 2026, 12:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2.5 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

60%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

40%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

60%

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

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 138 Severe potential...watch likelyMar 5, 2:47 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 140 Tornado watch 13Mar 5, 6:45 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 141 Severe potential...watch possibleMar 5, 7:35 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 143 Tornado watch 13Mar 5, 9:34 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 145 Tornado watch 13Mar 5, 11:42 PM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 13
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
545 PM CST Thu Mar 5 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Western Oklahoma
  Eastern Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 545 PM until Midnight
  CST.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter likely

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to intensify rapidly this
evening in an increasingly moist and unstable air mass.  Supercells
capable of very large hail and a few tornadoes are the main
concerns.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
east and west of a line from 35 miles south southwest of Childress
TX to 75 miles north of Clinton OK. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch
area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for
threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements
and possible warnings.

&&

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 23030.

...Hart

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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.