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Tornado Watch 107

April 3, 20254 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 3, 2025, 12:52 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2025, 12:52 PM CDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 95 counties

Crittenden County, AR, Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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: 70%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 40%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 50%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 1:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Barren, Butler, Grayson, Logan, Metcalfe, Warren	3 hr
Apr 3, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Russell	33 min
Apr 3, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	66 min
Apr 3, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Green, Metcalfe, Russell, Taylor	35 min
Apr 3, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	25 min
Apr 3, 1:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall	7 hr
Apr 3, 1:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Adair, Allen, Green, Metcalfe	117 min
Apr 3, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	42 min
Apr 3, 1:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 4 more	4 hr
Apr 3, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	33 min
Apr 3, 2:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Elliott, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee and 3 more	5 hr
Apr 3, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	45 min
Apr 3, 2:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Smith and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell	28 min
Apr 3, 2:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall	40 min
Apr 3, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	41 min
Apr 3, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell	19 min
Apr 3, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Perry	32 min
Apr 3, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	27 min
Apr 3, 2:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	3 hr
Apr 3, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	35 min
Apr 3, 2:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Simpson	6 hr
Apr 3, 2:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Wayne	3 hr
Apr 3, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Wayne	25 min
Apr 3, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry	52 min
Apr 3, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	20 min
Apr 3, 3:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Rutherford and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	37 min
Apr 3, 3:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Boyle, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green and 7 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Hickman, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	49 min
Apr 3, 3:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, Phillips	6 hr
Apr 3, 3:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Russell and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	32 min
Apr 3, 3:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Cumberland, Edmonson and 9 more	5 hr
Apr 3, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tippah	49 min
Apr 3, 4:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson	12 min
Apr 3, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Leslie, Owsley, Perry	36 min
Apr 3, 4:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tippah and 1 more	46 min
Apr 3, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	51 min
Apr 3, 4:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	6 hr
Apr 3, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Hickman, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	36 min
Apr 3, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike	20 min
Apr 3, 4:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Smith and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	42 min
Apr 3, 4:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	42 min
Apr 3, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	36 min
Apr 3, 5:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne, Williamson	3 hr
Apr 3, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne	34 min
Apr 3, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	30 min
Apr 3, 5:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	3 hr
Apr 3, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	38 min
Apr 3, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson	35 min
Apr 3, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne	34 min
Apr 3, 6:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Hart, Metcalfe and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	45 min
Apr 3, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury	45 min
Apr 3, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson	39 min
Apr 3, 6:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Rutherford and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 6:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner	3 hr
Apr 3, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	17 min
Apr 3, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury	14 min
Apr 3, 6:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison	6 hr
Apr 3, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica	38 min
Apr 3, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	18 min
Apr 3, 7:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Smith and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 7:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Madison	51 min
Apr 3, 8:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne, Williamson	3 hr
Apr 3, 8:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson and 16 more	8 hr
Apr 3, 8:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	3 hr
Apr 3, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson and 2 more	51 min
Apr 3, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson	20 min
Apr 3, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys	35 min
Apr 3, 9:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Rutherford, Sumner and 2 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 9:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner	3 hr

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
Apr 2, 11:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Colbert, Lauderdale	8 hr
Apr 3, 11:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Lauderdale	113 min
Apr 2, 7:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Bradley, Cleveland, Crittenden, Cross, Jefferson and 7 more	117 min
Apr 3, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Grant and 24 more	8 hr
Apr 3, 2:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 14 more	8 hr
Apr 3, 3:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Drew and 6 more	92 min
Apr 3, 6:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Crittenden, Desha and 6 more	96 min
Apr 2, 7:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 3 more	2 hr
Apr 2, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more	7 hr
Apr 2, 9:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 41 more	2 hr
Apr 2, 11:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 46 more	115 min
Apr 2, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence	6 hr
Apr 3, 3:54 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boyd	96 min
Apr 3, 9:41 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Harlan, Knox and 7 more	94 min
Apr 3, 2:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Breathitt, Casey, Clay, Cumberland, Estill and 15 more	2 hr
Apr 3, 12:43 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Marshall, Tate, Tippah	92 min
Apr 3, 4:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	95 min
Apr 3, 2:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	97 min
Apr 3, 6:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb and 15 more	53 min

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.