Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches in 2007
Tornado Watch 3
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 5, 2007, 1:15 AM CST for 54 counties in Alabama; 10 counties in Florida; 7 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2007, 1:15 AM CST (07:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 7:29 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 71 counties
Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Barbour 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, 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, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Winston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 1:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 34 min |
| Jan 5, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 1:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 57 min |
| Jan 5, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 53 min |
| Jan 5, 2:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 2:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 39 min |
| Jan 5, 2:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 35 min |
| Jan 5, 2:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 54 min |
| Jan 5, 2:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 67 min |
| Jan 5, 2:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 18 min |
| Jan 5, 2:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 32 min |
| Jan 5, 2:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 45 min |
| Jan 5, 2:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 48 min |
| Jan 5, 2:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 2:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 72 min |
| Jan 5, 2:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 3:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 43 min |
| Jan 5, 3:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 21 min |
| Jan 5, 4:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 28 min |
| Jan 5, 4:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 28 min |
| Jan 5, 4:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 4:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 4:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jan 5, 4:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 52 min |
| Jan 5, 5:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 39 min |
| Jan 5, 5:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 24 min |
| Jan 5, 6:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Jan 5, 6:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 17 min |
| Jan 5, 6:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 48 min |
| Jan 5, 6:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 7:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 37 min |
| Jan 5, 7:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 34 min |
| Jan 5, 7:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 41 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 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 050716
SEL3
SPC WW 050716
ALZ000-FLZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-051600-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 3
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
115 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
MUCH OF ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
PARTS OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CST.
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 100 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY
FLORIDA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 2...
DISCUSSION...IMPRESSIVE UPPER TROUGH ROTATING NEWD ACROSS LWR MS
VALLEY WITH STRONG INFLUX OF MOIST UNSTABLE GULF AIRMASS. 60-70 KT
OF DEEP SHEAR AND VEERING LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILES SUPPORT A
CONTINUED THREAT OF TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH INTENSE SQUALL LINE
NOW MOVING ACROSS ERN MS INTO WRN AL.
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 24035.
...HALESSPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 8:47 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Mobile, Washington | 7 hr |
| Jan 5, 12:47 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 57 more | 28 min |
| Jan 5, 2:26 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Mobile, Washington | 64 min |
| Jan 5, 3:13 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 47 more | 62 min |
| Jan 5, 5:46 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 28 more | 59 min |
| Jan 5, 7:21 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay, Coffee and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 5, 9:02 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne and 17 more | 118 min |
| Jan 5, 11:31 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 4 more | 119 min |
| Jan 5, 1:16 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 17 more | 119 min |
| Jan 5, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 5, 5:35 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 4 more | 85 min |
| Jan 4, 8:33 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 6 more | 87 min |
| Jan 4, 10:56 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock and 19 more | 94 min |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2007Tornado Watches in Florida, 2007Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.