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Tornado Watch 298
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 19, 2025, 8:26 PM CDT for 23 counties in Illinois; 58 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2025, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 81 counties
Alexander County, IL, Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Barry County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Boone County, MO, Butler County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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
- 80%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 50%
- 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
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
36 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 42 min |
| May 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 40 min |
| May 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Osage | 63 min |
| May 19, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Washington | 47 min |
| May 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Webster, Wright | 42 min |
| May 19, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Texas, Wright | 48 min |
| May 19, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Ralls | 47 min |
| May 19, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 42 min |
| May 19, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford | 14 min |
| May 19, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Madison | 44 min |
| May 19, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas | 58 min |
| May 19, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Washington | 32 min |
| May 19, 10:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 31 min |
| May 19, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 49 min |
| May 19, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 45 min |
| May 19, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley | 52 min |
| May 19, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 29 min |
| May 19, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Washington | 32 min |
| May 19, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Washington | 43 min |
| May 19, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 68 min |
| May 19, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 25 min |
| May 19, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Iron, Saint Francois, Washington | 38 min |
| May 19, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 30 min |
| May 19, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 42 min |
| May 19, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 47 min |
| May 19, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 36 min |
| May 20, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry | 57 min |
| May 20, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 33 min |
| May 20, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison | 44 min |
| May 20, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Perry | 42 min |
| May 20, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 12 min |
| May 20, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Jackson, Union | 7 min |
| May 20, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Pulaski, Union, Williamson | 41 min |
| May 20, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 39 min |
| May 20, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union | 14 min |
| May 20, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pope | 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Jersey, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 2 hr |
| May 19, 10:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jackson, Jersey, Madison and 5 more | 2 hr |
| May 20, 1:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards and 27 more | 83 min |
| May 20, 2:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Lawrence and 7 more | 4 hr |
| May 20, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union | 8 hr |
| May 20, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles and 31 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 1:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 15 more | 106 min |
| May 20, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hardin | 8 hr |
| May 20, 5:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Vermilion | 54 min |
| May 19, 8:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton and 22 more | 2 hr |
| May 20, 12:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 116 min |
| May 20, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mississippi, Pemiscot | 117 min |
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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.