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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 45

March 7, 200535 counties in Alabama; 6 counties in Florida; 19 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 7, 2005, 4:35 PM CST for 35 counties in Alabama; 6 counties in Florida; 19 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2005, 4:35 PM CST (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2005, 11:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Hale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Clarke County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Newton County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton90 min
Mar 7, 4:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton23 min
Mar 7, 5:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale27 min
Mar 7, 5:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper92 min
Mar 7, 5:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter44 min
Mar 7, 5:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale88 min
Mar 7, 5:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo103 min
Mar 7, 5:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper95 min
Mar 7, 5:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale94 min
Mar 7, 6:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry106 min
Mar 7, 6:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas46 min
Mar 7, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton108 min
Mar 7, 6:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga112 min
Mar 7, 7:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes56 min
Mar 7, 7:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa105 min
Mar 7, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery44 min
Mar 7, 7:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery66 min
Mar 7, 7:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa40 min
Mar 7, 7:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon52 min
Mar 7, 7:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers103 min
Mar 7, 8:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee54 min
Mar 7, 8:47 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEHenry175 days
Mar 7, 9:01 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee175 days
Mar 7, 9:33 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee175 days
Mar 7, 9:45 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEDale175 days

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 12:00Z on 2005-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 4:19 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 18 more56 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.