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Tornado Watch 705
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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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Perry, Yell | 33 min |
| Nov 4, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 24 min |
| Nov 4, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Yell | 35 min |
| Nov 4, 2:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Perry, Yell | 31 min |
| Nov 4, 2:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 37 min |
| Nov 4, 2:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 18 min |
| Nov 4, 2:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope, Yell | 16 min |
| Nov 4, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell | 16 min |
| Nov 4, 3:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 32 min |
| Nov 4, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 34 min |
| Nov 4, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade | 27 min |
| Nov 4, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 36 min |
| Nov 4, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 37 min |
| Nov 4, 4:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 27 min |
| Nov 4, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 46 min |
| Nov 4, 5:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 25 min |
| Nov 4, 5:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 23 min |
| Nov 4, 5:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 27 min |
| Nov 4, 6:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 26 min |
| Nov 4, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 39 min |
| Nov 4, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 12 min |
| Nov 4, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 36 min |
| Nov 4, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 26 min |
| Nov 4, 6:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 36 min |
| Nov 4, 6:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 31 min |
| Nov 4, 6:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 15 hr |
| Nov 4, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Greene, Webster | 42 min |
| Nov 4, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 25 min |
| Nov 4, 6:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Texas, Wright | 24 min |
| Nov 4, 6:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 35 min |
| Nov 4, 6:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 6 hr |
| Nov 4, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Douglas, Laclede, Webster, Wright | 40 min |
| Nov 4, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 20 min |
| Nov 4, 7:33 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Stone, Taney | 8 hr |
| Nov 4, 7:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll, Franklin, Madison | 5 hr |
| Nov 4, 8:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Boone, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Montgomery, Newton and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 4, 8:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 6 hr |
| Nov 4, 8:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Laclede, Taney, Webster, Wright | 8 hr |
| Nov 4, 9:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 8 hr |
| Nov 4, 9:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 6 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
- Mesoscale Discussion 2203 Tornado watch 704
- Mesoscale Discussion 2205 Severe potential...watch likely
- Mesoscale Discussion 2206 Severe potential...watch possible
- Mesoscale Discussion 2207 Tornado watch 704...705
- Mesoscale Discussion 2209 Tornado watch 704
- Mesoscale Discussion 2210 Tornado watch 705
- Mesoscale Discussion 2212 Tornado watch 705
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.
- 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
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 6:46 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Polk, Scott, Sebastian, Sevier | 119 min |
| Nov 3, 7:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 4 hr |
| Nov 3, 9:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Polk, Scott, Sebastian | 2 hr |
| Nov 4, 12:12 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton | 63 min |
| Nov 4, 1:14 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 91 min |
| Nov 4, 1:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Garland, Hempstead, Howard, Johnson, Little River and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 4, 2:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Washington | 96 min |
| Nov 4, 5:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Howard, Little River, Miller, Pike, Sevier | 55 min |
| Nov 4, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier | 6 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.