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Tornado Watch 284

June 7, 20266 counties in Arkansas; 19 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 7, 2026, 2:31 PM CDT for 6 counties in Arkansas; 19 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2026, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2026, 9:55 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
0.5 in
Strongest gust expected
50 kt
All 25 counties

Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Barry County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
30%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
10%
Ten or more severe wind reports
40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
5%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
50%

Warnings issued inside it

21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJohnson, Newton18 min
Jun 7, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair30 min
Jun 7, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair32 min
Jun 7, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Hickory, St. Clair41 min
Jun 7, 6:49 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSGFGreene26 min
Jun 7, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian27 min
Jun 7, 7:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone6 hr
Jun 7, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFGreene34 min
Jun 7, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian13 min
Jun 7, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Webster41 min
Jun 7, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDallas, Webster45 min
Jun 7, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWebster49 min
Jun 7, 8:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Stone, Webster6 hr
Jun 7, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDallas, Laclede, Webster, Wright46 min
Jun 7, 8:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Greene, Polk, Webster6 hr
Jun 7, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Webster, Wright47 min
Jun 7, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Laclede, Pulaski, Webster, Wright38 min
Jun 7, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Webster6 hr
Jun 7, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas, Webster, Wright40 min
Jun 7, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWebster, Wright20 min
Jun 7, 9:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Laclede, Miller, Morgan6 hr

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2026-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 416 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2026-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Montgomery and 5 more62 min
Jun 7, 1:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 27 more119 min
Jun 7, 3:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Faulkner and 16 more92 min

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.