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Tornado Watch 320

May 26, 20245 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 26, 2024, 4:01 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2024, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2024, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Particularly dangerous situation: Yes
Largest hail expected: 3 in
Strongest gust expected: 65 kt

All 98 counties

Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Newton County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Bond County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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: 80%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 80%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 80%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 80%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 80%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Cole, Osage	39 min
May 26, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Franklin, Gasconade, Warren	51 min
May 26, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan	66 min
May 26, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	43 min
May 26, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis	38 min
May 26, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade, Osage	51 min
May 26, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski	62 min
May 26, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren	43 min
May 26, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Texas	49 min
May 26, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Warren	35 min
May 26, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Texas, Wright	39 min
May 26, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis	51 min
May 26, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	66 min
May 26, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Madison, Saint Clair	38 min
May 26, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Shannon, Texas	43 min
May 26, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski	40 min
May 26, 5:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk, Pulaski and 1 more	6 hr
May 26, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk, Pulaski	52 min
May 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon, Texas	49 min
May 26, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis	35 min
May 26, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon, Texas	47 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	61 min
May 26, 5:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	5 hr
May 26, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Texas	34 min
May 26, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	47 min
May 26, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Laclede, Texas, Webster, Wright	43 min
May 26, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis	15 min
May 26, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon	27 min
May 26, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Washington	41 min
May 26, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dent, Phelps	46 min
May 26, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Shannon	42 min
May 26, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Boone, Marion	40 min
May 26, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford	39 min
May 26, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Shannon	39 min
May 26, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Saint Clair	51 min
May 26, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Reynolds	51 min
May 26, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Carter	64 min
May 26, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Shannon	48 min
May 26, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe	46 min
May 26, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison	59 min
May 26, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Washington	44 min
May 26, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	59 min
May 26, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair	49 min
May 26, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Union, Williamson	43 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Clinton, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington	67 min
May 26, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Graves, McCracken	35 min
May 26, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Johnson, Williamson	34 min
May 26, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Randolph	46 min
May 26, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	18 min
May 26, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Reynolds	27 min
May 26, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Iron, Madison, Reynolds	39 min
May 26, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon	24 min
May 26, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Boone	38 min
May 26, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	34 min
May 26, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry	77 min
May 26, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Carter	62 min
May 26, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Marion	45 min
May 26, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Saline	38 min
May 26, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Madison	27 min
May 26, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall	39 min
May 26, 7:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	4 hr
May 26, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Livingston, Lyon, Marshall	44 min
May 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Madison, Reynolds	26 min
May 26, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	64 min
May 26, 7:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Wayne	4 hr
May 26, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Wayne	34 min
May 26, 7:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Saline, Williamson	6 hr
May 26, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon	40 min
May 26, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Johnson, Williamson	37 min
May 26, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Wayne, White	51 min
May 26, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Williamson	31 min
May 26, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Ripley, Stoddard and 1 more	57 min
May 26, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Newton, Searcy	15 min
May 26, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Union, Williamson	52 min
May 26, 8:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Butler	3 hr
May 26, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union, Williamson	43 min
May 26, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Butler, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard	56 min
May 26, 8:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope	24 min
May 26, 8:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard	5 hr
May 26, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more	49 min
May 26, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Massac, Pulaski	64 min
May 26, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Randolph, Sharp	29 min
May 26, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 1 more	46 min
May 26, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Marion, Stone	29 min
May 26, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Webster	44 min
May 26, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Randolph	33 min
May 26, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Graves, Lyon, Muhlenberg and 2 more	53 min
May 26, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Jackson, White, Woodruff	49 min
May 26, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	53 min
May 26, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Randolph	16 min
May 26, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	33 min
May 26, 10:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	47 min
May 26, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene	49 min
May 26, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett	45 min
May 26, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, Woodruff	31 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 280 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 742 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 12.9

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton	86 min
May 25, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more	8 hr
May 25, 11:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Fulton, Greene, Izard, Lawrence, Marion and 2 more	119 min
May 26, 1:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Craighead and 12 more	117 min
May 26, 2:35 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baxter, Boone, Clay, Fulton, Greene, Izard and 7 more	7 hr
May 26, 4:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard, Lawrence and 3 more	93 min
May 26, 2:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Fulton, Greene, Randolph	3 hr
May 26, 2:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi and 2 more	59 min
May 26, 3:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	5 hr
May 26, 5:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard, Marion and 1 more	88 min
May 26, 7:50 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more	115 min
May 26, 3:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 2 more	94 min
May 26, 5:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 14 more	67 min
May 26, 5:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	McHenry	67 min
May 26, 6:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 11 more	87 min
May 26, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Shelby	5 hr
May 26, 6:54 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Gallatin, Hardin and 6 more	6 hr
May 26, 6:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander	63 min
May 26, 8:59 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bell, Boyle and 59 more	8 hr
May 26, 10:17 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Casey and 26 more	88 min
May 26, 11:20 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell and 21 more	85 min
May 26, 11:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Casey and 32 more	83 min
May 26, 12:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell and 21 more	7 hr
May 26, 12:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike	92 min
May 26, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Breathitt, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Leslie and 5 more	9 hr
May 26, 1:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Monroe, Wayne	93 min
May 26, 2:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Martin, Pike	95 min
May 26, 5:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calloway, Fulton	87 min
May 25, 9:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrew, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Holt and 3 more	2 hr
May 25, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton and 18 more	4 hr
May 26, 1:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 17 more	2 hr
May 26, 3:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Cannon, Cumberland and 19 more	63 min
May 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Unicoi, Washington	90 min
May 26, 5:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Cocke, Greene, Sevier, Unicoi, Washington	85 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.