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Tornado Watch 31
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 8, 2023, 2:52 PM CST for 20 counties in Arkansas; 22 parishes in Louisiana; 8 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2023, 2:52 PM CST (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2023, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 50 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Prairie County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Union County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Washington County, MS
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 40%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- 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
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 4:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland | 54 min |
| Feb 8, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 49 min |
| Feb 8, 7:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 19 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 8, 11:48 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 20 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 8, 12:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 29 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:22 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Madison, Tensas | 83 min |
| Feb 8, 4:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 12 more | 56 min |
| Feb 8, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Calcasieu and 23 more | 6 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.