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Tornado Watch 28

March 5, 202219 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 5, 2022, 5:15 PM CST for 19 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2022, 5:15 PM CST (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2022, 9:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt

Counties Adair County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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
30%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
10%
Ten or more severe wind reports
50%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 5:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb32 min
Mar 5, 5:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton, Ray47 min
Mar 5, 5:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Livingston39 min
Mar 5, 5:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Livingston, Mercer, Sullivan36 min
Mar 5, 6:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray37 min
Mar 5, 6:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam, Sullivan43 min
Mar 5, 6:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Grundy, Livingston, Ray34 min
Mar 5, 6:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette39 min
Mar 5, 6:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Saline38 min
Mar 5, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXAdair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan28 min
Mar 5, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Henry, Johnson, Pettis45 min
Mar 5, 7:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Saline44 min
Mar 5, 7:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMacon37 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2022-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2022-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 425 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-441 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
425 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 1:20 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 11 more2 hr
Mar 5, 2:04 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Holt and 4 more6 hr
Mar 5, 3:46 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 4 more89 min
Mar 5, 4:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy and 11 more63 min
Mar 5, 5:33 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland117 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.