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Tornado Watch 47
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 14, 2024, 5:27 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2024, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2024, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 58 counties
Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Butler County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
- 40%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
18 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne, White | 63 min |
| Mar 14, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Union | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski, Union | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, Wabash, Wayne, White | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pope | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall | 14 min |
| Mar 14, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pike | 14 min |
| Mar 14, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 21 min |
| Mar 14, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 52 min |
| Mar 14, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 10:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 13 more | 90 min |
| Mar 14, 12:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 5 more | 92 min |
| Mar 14, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Conway and 29 more | 85 min |
| Mar 14, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Columbia, Conway, Dallas and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 39 more | 119 min |
| Mar 14, 6:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Little River, Polk, Sevier | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Pike and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 5 more | 90 min |
| Mar 14, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Grundy and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Ford, Livingston, Logan and 11 more | 85 min |
| Mar 14, 7:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 35 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 44 more | 65 min |
| Mar 14, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clay, Clinton and 27 more | 96 min |
| Mar 14, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 64 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Brown, Clark, Crawford and 28 more | 65 min |
| Mar 14, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Switzerland | 56 min |
| Mar 14, 3:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 62 more | 114 min |
| Mar 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 52 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clinton and 23 more | 92 min |
| Mar 14, 6:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hancock, Henry, Randolph and 3 more | 64 min |
| Mar 14, 6:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd, Greenup, Lewis | 95 min |
| Mar 13, 8:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clay, Clinton and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Caldwell and 47 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.