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Tornado Watch 200
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 8, 2024, 12:56 AM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2024, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2024, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 46 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Clark County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Little River County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Pike County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Sevier County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, McCurtain County, OK, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Bowie County, TX, Red River County, TX
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 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
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Perry, Saline | 49 min |
| May 8, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Saline | 42 min |
| May 8, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 47 min |
| May 8, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 46 min |
| May 8, 2:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 113 min |
| May 8, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 52 min |
| May 8, 3:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 16 min |
| May 8, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 49 min |
| May 8, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 54 min |
| May 8, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie | 33 min |
| May 8, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 47 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 7, 11:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Cleburne, Craighead, Cross, Dallas, Faulkner and 28 more | 113 min |
| May 8, 3:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Crittenden, Cross and 15 more | 2 hr |
| May 8, 11:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion and 1 more | 89 min |
| May 8, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 8, 2:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Howard and 15 more | 8 hr |
| May 8, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more | 9 hr |
| May 8, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison and 2 more | 115 min |
| May 8, 5:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington | 2 hr |
| May 8, 1:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Scott, Stoddard | 2 hr |
| May 8, 1:57 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 4 hr |
| May 8, 6:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass, Cole, Cooper and 11 more | 2 hr |
| May 8, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Buchanan and 39 more | 10 hr |
| May 8, 8:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Bollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter and 44 more | 92 min |
| May 8, 10:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Franklin and 15 more | 8 hr |
| May 8, 11:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Crawford, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson and 5 more | 92 min |
| May 8, 11:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Crawford, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson and 5 more | 85 min |
| May 8, 11:59 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 24 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid and 6 more | 55 min |
| May 8, 3:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid and 4 more | 94 min |
| May 8, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian and 32 more | 9 hr |
| May 8, 5:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Christian, Douglas, Howell, McDonald, Stone and 4 more | 91 min |
| May 8, 7:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Benton, Campbell, Cannon, Cheatham, Claiborne and 32 more | 2 hr |
| May 8, 9:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 17 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 9:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen and 7 more | 94 min |
| May 8, 12:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheatham, Clay, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson and 14 more | 62 min |
| May 8, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more | 10 hr |
| May 8, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Franklin and 15 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 24 more | 114 min |
| May 8, 2:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Burnet, Camp and 37 more | 2 hr |
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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.