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Tornado Watch 174
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 28, 2026, 2:32 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2026, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 55 counties
Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe 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, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur 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, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 50%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 40%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
23 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross | 12 min |
| Apr 28, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tippah | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tippah | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 20 min |
| Apr 28, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah and 2 more | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood and 4 more | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 18 min |
| Apr 28, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah | 18 min |
| Apr 28, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 19 min |
| Apr 28, 9:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 3 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
- Mesoscale Discussion 594 Severe potential...watch possible
- Mesoscale Discussion 598 Severe potential...watch likely
- Mesoscale Discussion 601 Severe thunderstorm watch 169...172
- Mesoscale Discussion 603 Tornado watch 174
- Mesoscale Discussion 604 Tornado watch 174
- Mesoscale Discussion 610 Tornado watch 177
- Mesoscale Discussion 612 Tornado watch 173...177
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 269 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Fulton, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Greene, Independence, Jackson and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Stone | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 1:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Cross, Jackson, Mississippi, Poinsett, Woodruff | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 20 more | 117 min |
| Apr 28, 10:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Fulton and 7 more | 119 min |
| Apr 28, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Fulton and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 40 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Fulton and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 8 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 3:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 37 more | 117 min |
| Apr 28, 4:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Fulton and 8 more | 87 min |
| Apr 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay | 94 min |
| Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 50 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clark, Conway, Franklin, Garland and 20 more | 113 min |
| Apr 28, 10:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 11 more | 115 min |
| Apr 28, 5:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Attala, Clarke, Holmes, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale and 7 more | 115 min |
| Apr 27, 8:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Perry, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 2 more | 97 min |
| Apr 28, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Cole, Crawford and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Decatur and 23 more | 119 min |
| Apr 28, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Campbell, Cannon, Carroll and 50 more | 114 min |
| Apr 28, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 36 more | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.