Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 25
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 6, 2017, 10:59 PM CST for 42 counties in Arkansas; 15 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2017, 10:59 PM CST (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2017, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 57 counties
Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott 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, Yell County, AR, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 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
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 11:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 29 min |
| Feb 7, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Marion | 51 min |
| Feb 7, 1:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard | 18 min |
| Feb 7, 1:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Pope, Van Buren | 38 min |
| Feb 7, 1:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard | 49 min |
| Feb 7, 1:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 2 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 23 min |
| Feb 7, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 32 min |
| Feb 7, 3:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 23 min |
| Feb 7, 4:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 47 min |
| Feb 7, 4:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Pike | 44 min |
| Feb 7, 4:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Feb 7, 5:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 25 min |
| Feb 7, 5:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 47 min |
| Feb 7, 5:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Saline | 42 min |
| Feb 7, 6:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 42 min |
| Feb 7, 6:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Pulaski, Saline | 32 min |
| Feb 7, 6:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 41 min |
| Feb 7, 6:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 34 min |
| Feb 7, 7:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross | 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 10:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 39 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 27 more | 113 min |
| Feb 7, 7:28 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 2 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mississippi | 2 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.