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Tornado Watch 705
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Oct 23, 2010, 3:22 PM CDT for 22 counties in Iowa; 36 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 23, 2010, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2010, 6:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 58 counties
Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Howard County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 41 min |
| Oct 23, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Monroe | 30 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor | 93 min |
| Oct 23, 5:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson and 15 more | 62 min |
| Oct 23, 6:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jefferson, Keokuk and 11 more | 67 min |
| Oct 22, 7:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more | 118 min |
| Oct 23, 9:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee | 92 min |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2010Tornado Watches in Iowa, 2010Every tornado watch in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.