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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 28
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 18, 2009, 9:14 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama; 14 counties in Florida; 78 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2009, 9:14 PM CST (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2009, 3:19 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 97 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Grady County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- 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
25 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 9:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 9:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Washington | 35 min |
| Feb 18, 9:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Washington | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 48 min |
| Feb 18, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 9:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 23 min |
| Feb 18, 10:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington | 45 min |
| Feb 18, 10:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 18, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 45 min |
| Feb 18, 10:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 25 min |
| Feb 18, 11:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 41 min |
| Feb 18, 11:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 23 min |
| Feb 18, 11:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 4 min |
| Feb 18, 11:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 11:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady | 35 min |
| Feb 18, 11:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 49 min |
| Feb 19, 12:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks | 40 min |
| Feb 19, 12:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 41 min |
| Feb 19, 1:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 12 min |
| Feb 19, 1:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 26 min |
| Feb 19, 3:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 22 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 7:14 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 27 more | 61 min |
| Feb 18, 7:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 31 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 18, 7:58 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Henry, Lee, Russell | 92 min |
| Feb 18, 10:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 10 more | 95 min |
| Feb 19, 12:41 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 17 more | 49 min |
| Feb 19, 12:58 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:19 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Clay, Columbia and 18 more | 56 min |
| Feb 19, 6:06 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Dixie, Gilchrist, Putnam and 1 more | 54 min |
| Feb 18, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton and 8 more | 81 min |
| Feb 19, 1:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Crisp, Dodge and 13 more | 25 min |
| Feb 19, 1:44 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Chatham, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh and 1 more | 3 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.