Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 190
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 22, 2005, 2:35 PM CDT for 44 counties in Alabama; Quitman County, Georgia; 17 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2005, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Quitman County, GA, Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Greene County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Winston County, MS
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
108 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 14 min |
| Apr 22, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 90 min |
| Apr 22, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 94 min |
| Apr 22, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee, Winston | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 15 min |
| Apr 22, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Talladega | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton | 79 min |
| Apr 22, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Quitman | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Quitman, Randolph | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 16 min |
| Apr 22, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, St. Clair | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Cleburne | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 45 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 9:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette and 15 more | 97 min |
| Apr 22, 5:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 5 more | 84 min |
| Apr 22, 9:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Chilton, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson and 4 more | 90 min |
| Apr 22, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 22, 12:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa and 12 more | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 2 more | 86 min |
| Apr 22, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson | 5 hr |
| Apr 22, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 6:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson, Madison | 95 min |
| Apr 22, 11:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb and 23 more | 117 min |
| Apr 22, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 66 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Columbia, Crawford and 26 more | 93 min |
| Apr 22, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 4 more | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 11:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 8 more | 114 min |
| Apr 22, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin and 13 more | 95 min |
| Apr 22, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Jefferson Davis and 10 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2005Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2005
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.