Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches in 2007
Tornado Watch 114
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 3, 2007, 3:12 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2007, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 3 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 76 counties
Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 80%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 60%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
65 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Searcy | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Stone | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 17 min |
| Apr 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Searcy, Stone | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Stone | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 64 min |
| Apr 3, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Perry, Pulaski | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, White | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | McNairy | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 9:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 30 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1013 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 11:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Craighead and 14 more | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 2:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 53 more | 118 min |
| Apr 3, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Lafayette and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Lonoke, Mississippi, Monroe and 5 more | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Kenton | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Breckinridge, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barren, Bullitt, Butler, Clinton, Cumberland and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 14 more | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle and 46 more | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd and 60 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Cumberland, Edmonson and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Holmes and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Putnam, Schuyler and 1 more | 115 min |
| Apr 2, 11:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison and 3 more | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton and 14 more | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 4:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Marion and 3 more | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay, Cole, Cooper and 12 more | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 7:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 30 more | 88 min |
| Apr 3, 7:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 30 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 9:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 37 more | 29 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.