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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 197
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 22, 2018, 10:55 AM CDT for Columbia County, Union County, Arkansas; 19 parishes in Louisiana; 25 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2018, 10:55 AM CDT (15:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2018, 8:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 46 counties
Columbia County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Warren County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
18 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Richland, Tensas | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Smith | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 29 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 21, 8:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 2 more | 93 min |
| Jun 22, 3:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Columbia, Union | 87 min |
| Jun 22, 6:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland and 2 more | 115 min |
| Jun 22, 9:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 15 more | 96 min |
| Jun 22, 12:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe and 4 more | 85 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2018Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 2018Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2018Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2018
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.