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Tornado Watch 705

November 4, 202420 counties in Arkansas; 19 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 4, 2024, 1:35 PM CST for 20 counties in Arkansas; 19 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 2024, 1:35 PM CST (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 2024, 10:37 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 39 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Yell County, AR, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Polk County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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
70%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
40%
Ten or more severe wind reports
70%
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
20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 1:57 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKMontgomery, Perry, Yell33 min
Nov 4, 2:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton24 min
Nov 4, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry, Yell35 min
Nov 4, 2:29 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKPerry, Yell31 min
Nov 4, 2:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper37 min
Nov 4, 2:44 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Jasper18 min
Nov 4, 2:50 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKLogan, Pope, Yell16 min
Nov 4, 3:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Pope, Yell16 min
Nov 4, 3:43 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSABenton, Washington32 min
Nov 4, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton34 min
Nov 4, 4:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade27 min
Nov 4, 4:09 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedTSABenton, Washington36 min
Nov 4, 4:38 PM CSTTornado WarningTSABenton, Washington37 min
Nov 4, 4:42 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAWashington27 min
Nov 4, 4:59 PM CSTTornado WarningTSABenton, Washington46 min
Nov 4, 5:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk25 min
Nov 4, 5:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney23 min
Nov 4, 5:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion27 min
Nov 4, 6:04 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney26 min
Nov 4, 6:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone39 min
Nov 4, 6:08 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKBoone, Marion12 min
Nov 4, 6:09 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOzark, Taney36 min
Nov 4, 6:19 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedSGFChristian, Stone, Taney26 min
Nov 4, 6:24 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatSGFDouglas36 min
Nov 4, 6:29 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOzark31 min
Nov 4, 6:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney15 hr
Nov 4, 6:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Greene, Webster42 min
Nov 4, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas, Wright25 min
Nov 4, 6:51 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedSGFDouglas, Texas, Wright24 min
Nov 4, 6:55 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Webster35 min
Nov 4, 6:56 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington6 hr
Nov 4, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Douglas, Laclede, Webster, Wright40 min
Nov 4, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas20 min
Nov 4, 7:33 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Stone, Taney8 hr
Nov 4, 7:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSACarroll, Franklin, Madison5 hr
Nov 4, 8:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKBoone, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Montgomery, Newton and 5 more13 hr
Nov 4, 8:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian6 hr
Nov 4, 8:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Laclede, Taney, Webster, Wright8 hr
Nov 4, 9:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas8 hr
Nov 4, 9:46 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark6 hr

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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2024-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2024-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 6:46 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Polk, Scott, Sebastian, Sevier119 min
Nov 3, 7:41 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Sebastian4 hr
Nov 3, 9:59 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Polk, Scott, Sebastian2 hr
Nov 4, 12:12 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton63 min
Nov 4, 1:14 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington91 min
Nov 4, 1:26 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Garland, Hempstead, Howard, Johnson, Little River and 9 more2 hr
Nov 4, 2:54 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Washington96 min
Nov 4, 5:05 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHoward, Little River, Miller, Pike, Sevier55 min
Nov 4, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCHempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.