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Tornado Watch 165
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 4, 2008, 1:27 PM CDT for 20 counties in Alabama; 81 counties in Georgia; 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2008, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2008, 10:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 105 counties
Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 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
63 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 15 min |
| Apr 4, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 18 min |
| Apr 4, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Henry | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Polk | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Cleburne | 20 min |
| Apr 4, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair, Talladega | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding | 16 min |
| Apr 4, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 20 min |
| Apr 4, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Hart | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Tallapoosa | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Oconee | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert | 75 min |
| Apr 4, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 12 min |
| Apr 4, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 37 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 8 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 89 min |
| Apr 4, 7:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 18 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene and 5 more | 89 min |
| Apr 4, 12:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph | 87 min |
| Apr 4, 3:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 10 more | 88 min |
| Apr 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 23 more | 88 min |
| Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Richmond | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 7 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2008Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2008Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2008Every tornado watch in 2008
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.