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Tornado Watch 194

April 8, 199843 counties in Alabama; Chattooga County, Dade County, Walker County, Georgia; 42 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 8, 1998, 7:30 PM CDT for 43 counties in Alabama; Chattooga County, Dade County, Walker County, Georgia; 42 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 1998, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1998, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 88 counties

Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Lee County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Macon County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarshall47 min
Apr 8, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXColbert49 min
Apr 8, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens48 min
Apr 8, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWinston48 min
Apr 8, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers48 min
Apr 8, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount46 min
Apr 8, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson50 min
Apr 8, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha45 min
Apr 8, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLawrence49 min
Apr 8, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker63 min
Apr 8, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott41 min
Apr 8, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa64 min
Apr 8, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay32 min
Apr 8, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion66 min
Apr 8, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale51 min
Apr 8, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne50 min
Apr 8, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin45 min
Apr 8, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb63 min
Apr 8, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Randolph49 min
Apr 8, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah47 min
Apr 8, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone49 min
Apr 8, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLowndes32 min
Apr 8, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston44 min
Apr 8, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLowndes31 min
Apr 8, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan50 min
Apr 8, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson33 min
Apr 8, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison49 min
Apr 8, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee63 min
Apr 8, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba46 min
Apr 8, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Walker42 min
Apr 8, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair46 min
Apr 8, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXHale36 min
Apr 8, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton39 min
Apr 8, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah51 min
Apr 8, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa49 min
Apr 8, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBibb50 min
Apr 8, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson63 min
Apr 8, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper43 min
Apr 8, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence49 min
Apr 8, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan48 min
Apr 8, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega65 min
Apr 8, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Madison50 min
Apr 8, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale48 min
Apr 8, 9:32 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXShelby48 min
Apr 8, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter47 min
Apr 8, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCleburne48 min
Apr 8, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson47 min
Apr 8, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee33 min
Apr 8, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa50 min
Apr 8, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega46 min
Apr 8, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale48 min
Apr 8, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson34 min
Apr 8, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega31 min
Apr 8, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb33 min
Apr 8, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Perry45 min
Apr 8, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson49 min
Apr 8, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay45 min
Apr 8, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Shelby62 min
Apr 8, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne47 min
Apr 8, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Shelby48 min
Apr 8, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega50 min
Apr 8, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne33 min
Apr 9, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa48 min
Apr 9, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay50 min
Apr 9, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph, Tallapoosa45 min
Apr 9, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers48 min

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1998-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2060 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1998-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
2060 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
12.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 12:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Burke and 78 more6 hr
Apr 9, 1:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 60 more5 hr
Apr 9, 3:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCScreven6 hr
Apr 9, 6:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 30 more6 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.