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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 29
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 19, 2009, 12:38 AM EST for 14 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 81 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2009, 12:38 AM EST (05:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2009, 1:59 AM EST
- In force
- 81 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne 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%
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, 8:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson and 8 more | 95 min |
| Feb 19, 1:41 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 17 more | 49 min |
| Feb 19, 1:58 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:19 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Clay, Columbia and 18 more | 56 min |
| Feb 19, 7:06 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Dixie, Gilchrist, Putnam and 1 more | 54 min |
| Feb 18, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 8:14 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Haralson, Harris and 6 more | 61 min |
| Feb 18, 8:58 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Butts, Chattahoochee and 51 more | 92 min |
| Feb 19, 2:20 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Crisp, Dodge and 13 more | 25 min |
| Feb 19, 2:44 AM EST | 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.