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Tornado Watch 195
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 11, 2008, 10:15 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2008, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 3:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 117 counties
Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson 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, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Warren County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
66 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 27 min |
| Apr 11, 10:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 10:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 22 min |
| Apr 11, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 28 min |
| Apr 11, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 23 min |
| Apr 11, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 36 min |
| Apr 11, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 28 min |
| Apr 11, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Apr 11, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 21 min |
| Apr 11, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Macon | 19 min |
| Apr 11, 12:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston | 35 min |
| Apr 11, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Maury | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 12:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Maury | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 29 min |
| Apr 11, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 38 min |
| Apr 11, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo | 48 min |
| Apr 11, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 10 min |
| Apr 11, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 40 min |
| Apr 11, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 41 min |
| Apr 11, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 50 min |
| Apr 11, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 11, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia, Tensas | 42 min |
| Apr 11, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Apr 11, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 52 min |
| Apr 11, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 35 min |
| Apr 11, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren, White | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 42 min |
| Apr 11, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 37 min |
| Apr 11, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren, White | 36 min |
| Apr 11, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 52 min |
| Apr 11, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Apr 11, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 15 min |
| Apr 11, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 29 min |
| Apr 11, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 14 min |
| Apr 11, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 22 min |
| Apr 11, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 37 min |
| Apr 11, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 36 min |
| Apr 11, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Marshall | 48 min |
| Apr 11, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 33 min |
| Apr 11, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 20 min |
| Apr 11, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Apr 11, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston | 40 min |
| Apr 11, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 25 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 33 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw and 18 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 16 more | 56 min |
| Apr 11, 7:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Caldwell and 31 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 19 more | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 18 more | 66 min |
| Apr 10, 11:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 56 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.