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Tornado Watch 198
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 7, 2024, 6:57 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2024, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2024, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 113 counties
Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Butler County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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
- 70%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 40%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 70%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 60%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
12 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Perry | 15 min |
| May 7, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 26 min |
| May 7, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Perry | 34 min |
| May 7, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 24 min |
| May 7, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 19 min |
| May 7, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 29 min |
| May 7, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | White | 25 min |
| May 8, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 26 min |
| May 8, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, Wayne | 41 min |
| May 8, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac | 49 min |
| May 8, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard | 45 min |
| May 8, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 31 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, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 33 more | 7 hr |
| 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, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Dearborn, Decatur, DeKalb and 17 more | 87 min |
| May 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Jay, Steuben and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Henry and 8 more | 8 hr |
| May 7, 5:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Steuben | 89 min |
| May 7, 6:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin and 11 more | 94 min |
| May 7, 12:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 25 more | 87 min |
| 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.