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Tornado Watch 192
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 26, 2007, 2:42 PM CDT for 9 counties in Alabama; 8 counties in Florida; 25 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2007, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 42 counties
Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Harris County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Miller County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Webster County, GA
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 10%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 5%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1318 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS20 KWNS 261943
SEL2
SPC WW 261943
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-262300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 192
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
600 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY
FLORIDA. 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...CONTINUE...WW 191...
DISCUSSION...MODERATE TO STRONG DEEP SWLY SHEAR WILL PERSIST ABOVE
SLOWLY-MOVING SQLN. AREA RADARS AND SFC DATA SHOW WEAK LARGE SCALE
CIRCULATION IN LINE BREAK NOW NEAR TOI. THIS MAY ENHANCE CHANCE FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES AS BOUNDARY LAYER SLOWLY WARMS/MOISTENS AHEAD OF
LINE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.
...CORFIDISPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 11:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mobile, Washington | 85 min |
| Apr 26, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 89 min |
| Apr 26, 7:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 93 min |
| Apr 26, 2:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw and 12 more | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 4:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Marshall | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Henry, Houston | 64 min |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2007Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2007Tornado Watches in Florida, 2007Every tornado watch in 2007
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.