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Tornado Watch 8
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 15, 2025, 4:00 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2025, 4:00 PM CST (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2025, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 101 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Prairie County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Union County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- 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
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
46 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 5:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster | 55 min |
| Feb 15, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 50 min |
| Feb 15, 5:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 53 min |
| Feb 15, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 51 min |
| Feb 15, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River | 65 min |
| Feb 15, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Feb 15, 5:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Feb 15, 5:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 5:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 53 min |
| Feb 15, 6:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Tipton | 39 min |
| Feb 15, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 42 min |
| Feb 15, 6:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Drew | 37 min |
| Feb 15, 6:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 6:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale | 51 min |
| Feb 15, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | LaSalle | 60 min |
| Feb 15, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 47 min |
| Feb 15, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 45 min |
| Feb 15, 7:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 10 min |
| Feb 15, 7:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 43 min |
| Feb 15, 7:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 57 min |
| Feb 15, 7:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 56 min |
| Feb 15, 7:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 21 min |
| Feb 15, 7:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 52 min |
| Feb 15, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 24 min |
| Feb 15, 7:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 41 min |
| Feb 15, 7:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 17 min |
| Feb 15, 7:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Union | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 7:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Winn | 62 min |
| Feb 15, 7:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Madison | 10 min |
| Feb 15, 7:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry, Madison | 52 min |
| Feb 15, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 53 min |
| Feb 15, 8:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 59 min |
| Feb 15, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 48 min |
| Feb 15, 8:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey, Warren | 47 min |
| Feb 15, 9:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Yazoo | 49 min |
| Feb 15, 9:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 52 min |
| Feb 15, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery, Webster and 1 more | 50 min |
| Feb 15, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 51 min |
| Feb 15, 10:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 49 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 461 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 461 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 1:06 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Crittenden and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, LaSalle, Madison and 3 more | 86 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.