Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches in 2014
Tornado Watch 51
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 3, 2014, 1:15 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2014, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 64 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- 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
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
64 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Hickory | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dallas, Hickory, Polk | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 1:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller, Morgan | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, St. Clair | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Vernon | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Cedar, Hickory, St. Clair, Vernon | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 4:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Miller, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis, Saline | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Miller, Morgan | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Saline | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller, Morgan | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 5:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Stone | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Pulaski | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 7:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller, Pulaski | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 7:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 7:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington | 43 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 417 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 423 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.5
- Supercell composite
- 15.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
473
WWUS20 KWNS 031816
SEL1
SPC WW 031816
ARZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-040200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 51
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
115 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
EASTERN OKLAHOMA
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL
EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD
MISSOURI TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCALESTER OKLAHOMA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 49...WW 50...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON ALONG
A COLD FRONT AND DRYLINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST KS INTO EASTERN
OK. STRONG HEATING AHEAD OF THE FRONT...COUPLED WITH STRENGTHENING
LOW LEVEL WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING...WILL POSE A RISK OF
SUPERCELL STORMS. VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH A
FEW TORNADOES. IF DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAN BE MAINTAINED...STRONG
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
...HARTSPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 28 more | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Clark and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 27 more | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 12:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 87 min |
| Apr 3, 1:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Montgomery, Pike and 4 more | 89 min |
| Apr 3, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Conway and 35 more | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Conway and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Clay and 32 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 22 more | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Crawford, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Chase, Clay and 28 more | 90 min |
| Apr 3, 1:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 9 more | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 2:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Crawford, Douglas and 8 more | 116 min |
| Apr 3, 12:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Madison, Mississippi and 7 more | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Iron and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard and 10 more | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 6:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Love, McCurtain, Marshall and 1 more | 93 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.