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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 472

June 13, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 13, 2011, 10:05 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2011, 10:05 AM CDT (15:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2011, 5:37 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 68 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Baxter County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Desha County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:07 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: 10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 2%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 50%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 30%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 80%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 10:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	42 min
Jun 13, 11:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Randolph	45 min
Jun 13, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	42 min
Jun 13, 12:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	29 min
Jun 13, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	50 min
Jun 13, 12:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	39 min
Jun 13, 12:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	51 min
Jun 13, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett	62 min
Jun 13, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	65 min
Jun 13, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis	48 min
Jun 13, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, St. Francis	48 min
Jun 13, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis	65 min
Jun 13, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	41 min
Jun 13, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	42 min
Jun 13, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	67 min
Jun 13, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, White	49 min
Jun 13, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	45 min
Jun 13, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more	50 min
Jun 13, 2:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall	20 min
Jun 13, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Searcy, Stone	40 min
Jun 13, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Phillips	40 min
Jun 13, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	43 min
Jun 13, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union	57 min
Jun 13, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, White	41 min
Jun 13, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	54 min
Jun 13, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	45 min
Jun 13, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha	59 min
Jun 13, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney	38 min
Jun 13, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Marion, Searcy	35 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	45 min
Jun 13, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Stone, Van Buren	47 min
Jun 13, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	42 min
Jun 13, 4:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Yalobusha	2 hr
Jun 13, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew	48 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
Jun 13, 9:06 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Fulton and 10 more	54 min
Jun 13, 1:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chicot, Desha	58 min
Jun 13, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Chicot	6 hr
Jun 13, 3:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Cross and 22 more	35 min
Jun 13, 5:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chicot	61 min
Jun 13, 2:41 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Camden, Cass, Cedar and 19 more	2 hr
Jun 13, 5:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Audrain, Benton, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway and 69 more	8 hr
Jun 13, 6:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Audrain, Benton, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway and 58 more	83 min
Jun 13, 10:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Audrain, Benton, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway and 50 more	86 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2011 Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2011 Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2011

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.