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Tornado Watch 600
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Aug 5, 2024, 5:24 PM CDT for 21 counties in Iowa; 17 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2024, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2024, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 42 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Howard County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Houston County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- 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
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
29 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Winnebago, Worth | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Worth | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 10 min |
| Aug 5, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Worth | 21 min |
| Aug 5, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Winona | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Howard | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Crawford | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant, Richland | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 25 more | 114 min |
| Aug 5, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton and 8 more | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 6:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek, Worth | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock | 8 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.