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Tornado Watch 25
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 18, 2023, 2:34 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2023, 2:34 PM CST (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2023, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 69 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Copiah County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 45 min |
| Jan 18, 7:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 64 min |
| Jan 18, 7:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 61 min |
| Jan 18, 7:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 58 min |
| Jan 18, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren, Yazoo | 47 min |
| Jan 18, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 19 min |
| Jan 18, 8:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jan 18, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln | 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 7:28 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 18, 9:02 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 25 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 18, 11:48 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Grant and 3 more | 87 min |
| Jan 18, 12:30 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips and 1 more | 90 min |
| Jan 18, 3:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Desha | 89 min |
| Jan 18, 5:47 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 118 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.