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Tornado Watch 376
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 6, 2025, 1:11 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2025, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2025, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 60 counties
Alexander County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Union County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
17 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope, Saline, Union, Williamson | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin, Pope | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union, Webster | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry, Weakley | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 4:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson | 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 11:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more | 116 min |
| Jun 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 9:47 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 36 more | 118 min |
| Jun 6, 1:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey, Clark and 36 more | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Jackson and 19 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Logan and 2 more | 95 min |
| Jun 6, 4:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, McDonald | 91 min |
| Jun 6, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, McDonald, Newton, Ozark, Stone, Taney | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Stone, Taney | 89 min |
| Jun 6, 3:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 32 more | 95 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.