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Tornado Watch 845

November 10, 200631 counties in Arkansas; 22 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 10, 2006, 2:44 PM CST for 31 counties in Arkansas; 22 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2006, 2:44 PM CST (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2006, 10:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 53 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Baxter County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Marion County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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
30%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
10%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
5%
Ten or more severe hail reports
50%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 2:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski43 min
Nov 10, 2:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas62 min
Nov 10, 3:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent49 min
Nov 10, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter49 min
Nov 10, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent15 min
Nov 10, 4:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Iron, Washington44 min
Nov 10, 4:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton63 min
Nov 10, 4:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon54 min
Nov 10, 4:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Francois, Washington47 min
Nov 10, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds49 min
Nov 10, 4:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford26 min
Nov 10, 5:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon19 min
Nov 10, 5:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Sharp41 min
Nov 10, 5:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski49 min
Nov 10, 5:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence, Randolph39 min
Nov 10, 6:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, White58 min
Nov 10, 6:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence, Randolph46 min
Nov 10, 6:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie55 min
Nov 10, 6:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant50 min
Nov 10, 7:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Pulaski59 min
Nov 10, 7:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie60 min
Nov 10, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson31 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2006-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1061 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2006-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1061 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 1:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Conway and 33 more94 min
Nov 10, 4:48 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Hempstead and 5 more87 min
Nov 10, 5:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Desha and 6 more5 hr
Nov 10, 5:29 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 1 more91 min
Nov 10, 5:57 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more5 hr
Nov 10, 9:34 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Fulton and 24 more116 min
Nov 10, 12:17 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton, Greene and 13 more58 min
Nov 10, 12:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton and 20 more5 hr
Nov 10, 3:15 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Ford, Greene and 23 more60 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.