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Tornado Watch 98
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 2, 2025, 2:52 PM CDT for 7 states. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2025, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Particularly dangerous situation
- Yes
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 148 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar 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, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
- 90%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 90%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 80%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 70%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 50%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
223 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union | 57 min |
| Apr 2, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Tipton | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 65 min |
| Apr 2, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 3 more | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Izard, Stone, Van Buren | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Woodruff | 11 min |
| Apr 2, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Tippah | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 67 min |
| Apr 2, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Perry | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp and 1 more | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Grant, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline, White | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Prairie, Pulaski and 1 more | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 17 min |
| Apr 2, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson, Perry | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, White | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 23 min |
| Apr 2, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White, Woodruff | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 58 min |
| Apr 2, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood | 58 min |
| Apr 2, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Poinsett | 67 min |
| Apr 2, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, White | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Wayne | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe | 23 min |
| Apr 2, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Monroe | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 16 min |
| Apr 2, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Woodruff | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 5:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring, Lonoke, Montgomery and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Perry | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Poinsett | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry, Union | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, White, Woodruff | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 65 min |
| Apr 2, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson and 1 more | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Jackson, Lonoke, Prairie, White | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Johnson, Pope, Saline and 2 more | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Williamson | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Henry and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Poinsett, St. Francis | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lawrence, Randolph | 5 min |
| Apr 2, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Saline and 2 more | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 68 min |
| Apr 2, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Saline | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 14 min |
| Apr 2, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 62 min |
| Apr 2, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Union | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Saline and 2 more | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 21 min |
| Apr 2, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Stoddard | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 20 min |
| Apr 2, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne, White | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, White | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Mississippi | 62 min |
| Apr 2, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Saline, Wabash and 3 more | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, White | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Obion, Weakley | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union, Williamson | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 61 min |
| Apr 2, 7:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, White | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White, Williamson | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Livingston, McCracken | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 53 min |
| Apr 2, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 53 min |
| Apr 2, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Gallatin, Saline, Wabash, White | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe, Prairie | 65 min |
| Apr 2, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 62 min |
| Apr 2, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 18 min |
| Apr 2, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wabash, White | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 8:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 8:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon, Marshall and 1 more | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins, Lyon | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Weakley | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hardin, Pope | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, St. Francis | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 18 min |
| Apr 2, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall, Trigg | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer, Warrick | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 15 min |
| Apr 2, 9:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry and 3 more | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 9:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Stewart | 62 min |
| Apr 2, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer | 18 min |
| Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 21 min |
| Apr 2, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 6 more | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Lincoln, Monroe | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 65 min |
| Apr 2, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Gibson and 6 more | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 11:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Stewart | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery | 68 min |
| Apr 2, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 58 min |
| Apr 2, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Madison | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 11:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 13 min |
| Apr 2, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 11:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Tippah | 45 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
- Mesoscale Discussion 354 Tornado watch 96...97
- Mesoscale Discussion 355 Severe potential...tornado watch likely
- Mesoscale Discussion 356 Tornado watch 97
- Mesoscale Discussion 357 Severe potential...watch likely
- Mesoscale Discussion 359 Tornado watch 98
- Mesoscale Discussion 360 Tornado watch 98
- Mesoscale Discussion 362 Severe potential...watch possible
- Mesoscale Discussion 363 Tornado watch 98
- Mesoscale Discussion 365 Tornado watch 98
- Mesoscale Discussion 369 Tornado watch 102...98
- Mesoscale Discussion 370 Severe potential...watch possible
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 660 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 8:47 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner and 20 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller | 117 min |
| Apr 2, 11:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 17 more | 96 min |
| Apr 2, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson and 6 more | 114 min |
| Apr 2, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Conway, Franklin, Fulton, Garland and 13 more | 94 min |
| Apr 2, 3:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Lafayette, Little River, Miller | 117 min |
| Apr 2, 3:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Mississippi | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay and 30 more | 115 min |
| Apr 2, 6:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene and 8 more | 93 min |
| Apr 2, 9:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton and 20 more | 117 min |
| Apr 2, 2:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 34 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Marion and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Iroquois, Vermilion | 95 min |
| Apr 2, 8:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Jay, Wells | 119 min |
| Apr 2, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 46 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 1, 8:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison | 64 min |
| Apr 1, 11:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Holt | 117 min |
| Apr 2, 1:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:28 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 25 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole and 19 more | 118 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.