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Tornado Watch 92

March 26, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 26, 2005, 8:45 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2005, 8:45 PM CST (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2005, 4:00 AM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 70 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin 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, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike 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, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Winston County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA, Clarke County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale50 min
Mar 26, 9:20 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale55 min
Mar 26, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia35 min
Mar 26, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe25 min
Mar 26, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter50 min
Mar 26, 10:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale65 min
Mar 26, 10:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee47 min
Mar 26, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler29 min
Mar 26, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw34 min
Mar 26, 10:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter47 min
Mar 27, 12:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery36 min
Mar 27, 2:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin32 min
Mar 27, 2:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas34 min
Mar 27, 2:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXMontgomery2 hr
Mar 27, 3:06 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery, Pike24 min
Mar 27, 3:30 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXPike18 min
Mar 27, 3:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia44 min
Mar 27, 3:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock25 min
Mar 27, 3:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBullock2 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2005-03-27Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 270244
SEL2  
SPC WW 270244
ALZ000-FLZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-271000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 92
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
845 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       MUCH OF ALABAMA
       THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 845 PM UNTIL
400 AM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GADSDEN ALABAMA
TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 87...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 90. WATCH
NUMBER 87 90 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 845 PM CST. CONTINUE...WW
89...WW 91...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS...INCLUDING A FEW WITH POSSIBLE STRONG
TORNADOES...EXPECTED TO FOCUS INVOF WSW/ENE WARM FRONT LIFTING N
THROUGH SRN/CNTRL AL. OTHER CELLS MAY PERSIST WITHIN WARM
SECTOR...AND N OF FRONT...WHERE AMPLE SHEAR/INSTABILITY WILL EXIST
FOR HAIL/HIGH WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...CORFIDI

341,0844 301,0862 301,0893 341,0880

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 6:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 23 more3 hr
Mar 26, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee and 1 more7 hr
Mar 26, 10:43 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chilton and 24 more62 min
Mar 27, 1:14 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 50 more91 min
Mar 27, 2:27 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 13 more63 min
Mar 27, 3:27 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo and 5 more33 min
Mar 27, 3:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 6 more6 hr
Mar 27, 6:53 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 1 more2 hr
Mar 27, 9:08 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCovington, Geneva, Houston37 min
Mar 27, 9:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 5 more7 hr
Mar 27, 11:06 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee and 33 more54 min
Mar 27, 11:40 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 25 more5 hr
Mar 27, 2:24 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Chilton and 23 more2 hr
Mar 27, 4:55 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 22 more7 hr
Mar 26, 11:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Nassau, Union5 hr
Mar 27, 12:13 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 35 more2 hr
Mar 27, 2:55 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Calhoun, Coffee and 22 more2 hr
Mar 26, 8:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 38 more7 hr
Mar 26, 9:18 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Sunflower, Tunica, Washington57 min
Mar 26, 11:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAttala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 31 more58 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.