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Tornado Watch 714

December 9, 20234 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Dec 9, 2023, 11:35 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2023, 11:35 AM CST (17:35 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2023, 8:09 PM CST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 98 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Phillips County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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: 20%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 10%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 20%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 11:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley	46 min
Dec 9, 11:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	32 min
Dec 9, 12:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	52 min
Dec 9, 12:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Webster	22 min
Dec 9, 12:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie	38 min
Dec 9, 12:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	14 min
Dec 9, 12:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway	29 min
Dec 9, 12:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale	38 min
Dec 9, 12:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	53 min
Dec 9, 12:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale	20 min
Dec 9, 12:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Grayson, Ohio	21 min
Dec 9, 1:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Weakley	50 min
Dec 9, 1:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	64 min
Dec 9, 1:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin	17 min
Dec 9, 1:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	47 min
Dec 9, 1:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Madison	41 min
Dec 9, 1:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	23 min
Dec 9, 1:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	51 min
Dec 9, 1:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson	20 min
Dec 9, 1:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	39 min
Dec 9, 1:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery	19 min
Dec 9, 1:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Christian, Todd	31 min
Dec 9, 1:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LMK	Logan	54 min
Dec 9, 1:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry	38 min
Dec 9, 1:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison and 1 more	35 min
Dec 9, 1:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Todd	31 min
Dec 9, 2:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	34 min
Dec 9, 2:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Humphreys	52 min
Dec 9, 2:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Drew, Lincoln	30 min
Dec 9, 2:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	44 min
Dec 9, 2:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LMK	Logan, Simpson, Warren	58 min
Dec 9, 2:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Madison	42 min
Dec 9, 2:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton	20 min
Dec 9, 2:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Phillips	19 min
Dec 9, 2:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	43 min
Dec 9, 2:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Houston, Humphreys	24 min
Dec 9, 2:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	45 min
Dec 9, 2:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery	52 min
Dec 9, 2:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Warren	65 min
Dec 9, 2:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys	63 min
Dec 9, 3:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Humphreys	28 min
Dec 9, 3:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tate	41 min
Dec 9, 3:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henderson	39 min
Dec 9, 3:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tippah	46 min
Dec 9, 3:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery	27 min
Dec 9, 3:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	52 min
Dec 9, 3:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Humphreys	36 min
Dec 9, 3:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson	37 min
Dec 9, 3:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	31 min
Dec 9, 3:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola	43 min
Dec 9, 3:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Hart, Metcalfe	24 min
Dec 9, 3:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew	28 min
Dec 9, 3:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Tippah	53 min
Dec 9, 3:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery	53 min
Dec 9, 3:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	52 min
Dec 9, 4:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tippah	21 min
Dec 9, 4:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Robertson	25 min
Dec 9, 4:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson	10 min
Dec 9, 4:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah and 1 more	52 min
Dec 9, 4:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson	36 min
Dec 9, 4:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	37 min
Dec 9, 4:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	39 min
Dec 9, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	66 min
Dec 9, 4:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threat	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	39 min
Dec 9, 4:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha	38 min
Dec 9, 4:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	13 min
Dec 9, 4:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	27 min
Dec 9, 4:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha	49 min
Dec 9, 5:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Prentiss, Union	53 min
Dec 9, 5:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union	52 min
Dec 9, 5:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen	17 min
Dec 9, 5:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale	33 min
Dec 9, 5:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson	35 min
Dec 9, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	47 min
Dec 9, 5:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	16 min
Dec 9, 5:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	25 min
Dec 9, 5:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart	34 min
Dec 9, 5:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Clay, Macon	29 min
Dec 9, 5:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	51 min
Dec 9, 5:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	33 min
Dec 9, 5:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale	11 min
Dec 9, 5:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	33 min
Dec 9, 6:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	24 min
Dec 9, 6:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell	33 min
Dec 9, 6:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Wayne	26 min
Dec 9, 6:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	47 min
Dec 9, 7:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Rutherford	27 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
Dec 8, 9:25 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Conway, Garland, Howard, Johnson, Little River, Logan and 8 more	2 hr
Dec 9, 10:50 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 12 more	115 min
Dec 9, 1:59 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Desha, Lincoln, Phillips	91 min
Dec 9, 3:00 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chicot	2 hr
Dec 9, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Chicot	8 hr
Dec 9, 2:45 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Garrard, Jackson, Laurel and 6 more	90 min
Dec 9, 3:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Boyle, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln and 7 more	7 hr
Dec 9, 5:03 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Pulaski and 2 more	87 min
Dec 9, 5:59 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Breathitt, Carter and 28 more	3 hr
Dec 9, 5:56 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Attala, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 31 more	94 min
Dec 9, 4:15 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Robertson and 3 more	90 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.