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Tornado Watch 223
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 4, 2014, 7:24 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2014, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 135 counties
Clay County, AR, Greene County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Alexander 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, Williamson County, IL, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford 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, Texas County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Wright County, MO, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lake County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Weakley County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hardin | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Warren | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Warren | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Shelby | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 8:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 9:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | McCracken | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken, Marshall | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 10:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 10:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 11:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Obion, Weakley | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Randolph | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 1:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 15 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 5, 2:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Marion | 93 min |
| Jun 5, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 7:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 16 more | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 10:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 16 more | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas and 7 more | 113 min |
| Jun 4, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Bates, Cass, Cedar, Dade, Jasper and 3 more | 86 min |
| Jun 5, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bates, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Cooper, Henry and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Cooper, Howard and 7 more | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Carroll and 46 more | 97 min |
| Jun 5, 2:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Coffee, Decatur, Franklin, Giles, Grundy and 8 more | 91 min |
| Jun 5, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee and 28 more | 6 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.