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Tornado Watch 210

April 19, 200625 counties in Alabama; 19 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 19, 2006, 2:54 PM CDT for 25 counties in Alabama; 19 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2006, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Barbour County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Pike County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount55 min
Apr 19, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph40 min
Apr 19, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb48 min
Apr 19, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta37 min
Apr 19, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers66 min
Apr 19, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee50 min
Apr 19, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFFCTroup34 min
Apr 19, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether33 min
Apr 19, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah41 min
Apr 19, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph67 min
Apr 19, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne21 min
Apr 19, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard36 min
Apr 19, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup33 min
Apr 19, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb43 min
Apr 19, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether47 min
Apr 19, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount46 min
Apr 19, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair69 min
Apr 19, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah60 min
Apr 19, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Talbot41 min
Apr 19, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman52 min
Apr 19, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers49 min
Apr 19, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup34 min
Apr 19, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee38 min
Apr 19, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount61 min
Apr 19, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph30 min
Apr 19, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot44 min
Apr 19, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair56 min
Apr 19, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMarshall39 min
Apr 19, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman51 min
Apr 19, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers21 min
Apr 19, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion44 min
Apr 19, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega43 min
Apr 19, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount43 min
Apr 19, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMarshall52 min
Apr 19, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXBlount3 hr
Apr 19, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman48 min
Apr 19, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair, Talladega46 min
Apr 19, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay64 min
Apr 19, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount60 min
Apr 19, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby40 min
Apr 19, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega60 min
Apr 19, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson56 min
Apr 19, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman47 min
Apr 19, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair34 min
Apr 19, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa66 min
Apr 19, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby60 min
Apr 19, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount60 min
Apr 19, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa53 min
Apr 19, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb25 min
Apr 19, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman46 min
Apr 19, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega41 min
Apr 19, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson38 min
Apr 19, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman50 min
Apr 19, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa62 min
Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby61 min
Apr 19, 8:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNCullman3 hr
Apr 19, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman48 min
Apr 19, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson60 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2006-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 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 12:00Z on 2006-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-322 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 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
Apr 19, 9:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, DeKalb and 8 more6 hr
Apr 19, 1:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 23 more96 min
Apr 19, 2:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 27 more89 min
Apr 19, 3:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Henry2 hr
Apr 19, 4:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo and 4 more85 min
Apr 19, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston4 hr
Apr 19, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Fayette, Greene and 12 more6 hr
Apr 19, 7:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartow, Catoosa, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Fannin and 7 more2 hr
Apr 19, 11:56 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 64 more2 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.