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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 89

April 24, 20147 counties in Arkansas; 49 counties in Missouri; 12 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 24, 2014, 2:21 PM CDT for 7 counties in Arkansas; 49 counties in Missouri; 12 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2014, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2014, 8:26 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 68 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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
20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
10%
Ten or more severe hail reports
80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah49 min
Apr 24, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah24 min
Apr 24, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian47 min
Apr 24, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian45 min
Apr 24, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Pulaski, Texas50 min
Apr 24, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery and 1 more39 min
Apr 24, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Lawrence52 min
Apr 24, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Phelps56 min
Apr 24, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike and 1 more50 min
Apr 24, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene45 min
Apr 24, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, Saint Charles and 1 more42 min
Apr 24, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike46 min
Apr 24, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster40 min
Apr 24, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Wright56 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 1:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Clark, Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Garland and 19 more2 hr
Apr 24, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 12 more2 hr
Apr 24, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 62 more9 hr
Apr 24, 3:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley and 69 more88 min
Apr 24, 5:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 61 more85 min
Apr 24, 12:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar and 31 more93 min
Apr 24, 6:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCity of Saint Louis93 min
Apr 23, 9:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 8 more54 min
Apr 24, 10:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okmulgee, Osage and 4 more2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2014Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2014

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.