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Tornado Watch 211

May 8, 20244 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 8, 2024, 4:14 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2024, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2024, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 49 counties

Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Knox County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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: 70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall	47 min
May 8, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lincoln	31 min
May 8, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	45 min
May 8, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	39 min
May 8, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	67 min
May 8, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Limestone	31 min
May 8, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lawrence	30 min
May 8, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	38 min
May 8, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lincoln, Moore	38 min
May 8, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie	67 min
May 8, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	50 min
May 8, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	48 min
May 8, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	HUN	Lincoln	33 min
May 8, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan, Scott	47 min
May 8, 8:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	41 min
May 8, 8:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Sequatchie	41 min
May 8, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	51 min
May 8, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	35 min
May 8, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	31 min
May 8, 8:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone	28 min
May 8, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison	49 min
May 8, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	47 min
May 8, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	HUN	Limestone	31 min
May 8, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Marion	60 min
May 8, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	56 min
May 8, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs	40 min
May 8, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	49 min
May 8, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HUN	DeKalb	16 min
May 8, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	31 min
May 8, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	29 min
May 8, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HUN	Lauderdale, Limestone	57 min
May 8, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton	41 min
May 8, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	39 min
May 8, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane	39 min
May 8, 8:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	38 min
May 8, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Polk and 2 more	66 min
May 8, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb	22 min
May 8, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Rhea, Sequatchie	63 min
May 8, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	31 min
May 8, 9:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb	12 min
May 8, 9:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	54 min
May 8, 9:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie	4 hr
May 8, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	23 min
May 8, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Roane	49 min
May 8, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Polk	58 min
May 8, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, Marion	55 min
May 8, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker	65 min
May 8, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Blount, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Sevier	49 min
May 8, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	HUN	Jackson, Madison	48 min
May 8, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Gordon, Walker, Whitfield	48 min
May 8, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	45 min
May 8, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	41 min
May 8, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Cherokee	53 min
May 8, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone	52 min
May 8, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier	64 min
May 8, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield	32 min
May 8, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Cherokee	60 min
May 8, 9:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Murray, Walker, Whitfield	24 min
May 8, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	22 min
May 8, 9:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	51 min
May 8, 10:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	6 hr
May 8, 10:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	43 min
May 8, 10:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	17 min
May 8, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Gilmer, Murray	64 min
May 8, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	62 min
May 8, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Union	44 min
May 8, 10:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield	22 min
May 8, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	44 min
May 8, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	64 min
May 8, 10:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison	41 min
May 8, 10:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	51 min
May 8, 10:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	48 min
May 8, 10:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	3 hr
May 8, 10:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson, Limestone, Madison	3 hr
May 8, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Towns, Union	49 min
May 8, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union	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 8, 3:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison	94 min
May 8, 9:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 16 more	6 hr
May 8, 9:56 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, Haywood and 9 more	94 min
May 8, 12:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland and 14 more	87 min
May 8, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett and 11 more	6 hr
May 8, 2:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin and 15 more	92 min
May 8, 6:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Columbus, Pender, Robeson	116 min
May 8, 12:56 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby, Tipton	5 hr
May 8, 3:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	2 hr
May 8, 7:50 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Benton, Campbell, Cannon, Cheatham, Claiborne and 32 more	2 hr
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, 1:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson, Gibson and 15 more	55 min
May 8, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 9 more	5 hr
May 8, 5:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 24 more	114 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.