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Tornado Watch 194
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 7, 2024, 12:53 AM CDT for 39 counties in Illinois; 44 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2024, 12:53 AM CDT (05:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2024, 7:36 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 83 counties
Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clinton County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Washington County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Boone County, MO, Butler County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carter County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:56 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
- 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
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau | 78 min |
| May 7, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede, Miller, Morgan, Pulaski, Webster and 1 more | 66 min |
| May 7, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Monroe | 80 min |
| May 7, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Shelby | 70 min |
| May 7, 2:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 24 min |
| May 7, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Ozark, Phelps and 5 more | 63 min |
| May 7, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Osage | 60 min |
| May 7, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 41 min |
| May 7, 2:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps, Pulaski | 27 min |
| May 7, 2:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Knox | 14 min |
| May 7, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery | 64 min |
| May 7, 2:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Ralls | 17 min |
| May 7, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 46 min |
| May 7, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Douglas, Howell, Phelps, Shannon, Texas | 40 min |
| May 7, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike, Warren | 54 min |
| May 7, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 36 min |
| May 7, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 63 min |
| May 7, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 49 min |
| May 7, 3:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Washington | 26 min |
| May 7, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 40 min |
| May 7, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 47 min |
| May 7, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Warren | 44 min |
| May 7, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 40 min |
| May 7, 4:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 37 min |
| May 7, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Francois | 42 min |
| May 7, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 40 min |
| May 7, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 47 min |
| May 7, 5:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery | 42 min |
| May 7, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 42 min |
| May 7, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Perry | 37 min |
| May 7, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 15 min |
| May 7, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 11:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Calhoun, Hancock, Pike | 94 min |
| May 7, 2:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Pike | 2 hr |
| May 7, 4:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Clay and 38 more | 2 hr |
| May 7, 12:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cook, DeKalb, DeWitt and 23 more | 2 hr |
| May 7, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 34 more | 12 hr |
| May 7, 2:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 16 more | 67 min |
| May 7, 5:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island and 2 more | 96 min |
| May 7, 6:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline, White | 54 min |
| May 7, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 18 more | 114 min |
| May 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Jasper | 90 min |
| May 6, 8:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Holt | 84 min |
| May 6, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton and 54 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 11:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and 3 more | 95 min |
| May 7, 1:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Christian, Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Stone and 3 more | 2 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.