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Tornado Watch 144

April 3, 200623 counties in Alabama

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 3, 2006, 1:06 AM CDT for 23 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2006, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2006, 6:02 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 23 counties

Blount County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 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

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	33 min
Apr 3, 2:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence	40 min
Apr 3, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	26 min
Apr 3, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	32 min
Apr 3, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Morgan	32 min
Apr 3, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	19 min
Apr 3, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	33 min
Apr 3, 4:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	33 min
Apr 3, 4:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	23 min
Apr 3, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens	29 min
Apr 3, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	27 min
Apr 3, 5:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	29 min
Apr 3, 5:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	34 min

Discussions around it

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

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 12:39 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 9 more	96 min
Apr 3, 5:10 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 15 more	2 hr
Apr 3, 10:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee	2 hr
Apr 3, 2:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartow, Catoosa, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Floyd and 13 more	89 min
Apr 3, 2:47 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 31 more	5 hr
Apr 3, 11:54 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 61 more	7 hr
Apr 2, 7:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 45 more	84 min
Apr 2, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 26 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 9:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 27 more	2 hr
Apr 2, 10:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more	6 hr
Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 64 more	7 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.