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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 366

May 25, 20085 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 25, 2008, 6:33 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2008, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2008, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 73 counties

Baxter County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dent County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes: 20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 10%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 5%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter	23 min
May 25, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	43 min
May 25, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Texas	68 min
May 25, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	29 min
May 25, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pope, Van Buren	62 min
May 25, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Williamson	60 min
May 25, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	34 min
May 25, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Reynolds, Washington	41 min
May 25, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	38 min
May 25, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Iron, Reynolds, Washington	45 min
May 25, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Williamson	15 min
May 25, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union	65 min
May 25, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White	47 min
May 25, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, White	31 min
May 25, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger	46 min
May 25, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Scott, Stoddard	22 min
May 25, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, White	26 min
May 25, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	47 min
May 25, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Union	25 min
May 25, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	52 min
May 25, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	21 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 12:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 5 more	58 min
May 25, 1:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 10 more	7 hr
May 25, 2:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 4 more	56 min
May 25, 6:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 17 more	114 min
May 25, 12:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Pike and 2 more	67 min
May 25, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more	6 hr
May 25, 6:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene and 11 more	66 min
May 25, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Clark, Scotland	5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.