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Tornado Watch 622
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Aug 9, 2023, 9:31 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2023, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2023, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 42 counties
Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 60%
- 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
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Poinsett | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 24 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Independence and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Phillips | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis and 7 more | 91 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.