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Tornado Watch 103
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 2, 2009, 6:29 AM CDT for 25 counties in Alabama; 20 counties in Florida; 34 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2009, 6:29 AM CDT (11:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 79 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Marion County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Webster 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
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 40%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
26 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Randolph and 1 more | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 7:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 7:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 8:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 8:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Tift, Worth | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 8:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 9:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 9:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift, Worth | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty | 117 min |
| Apr 2, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Leon, Liberty and 1 more | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 11:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Jefferson, Liberty, Taylor, Wakulla | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 62 min |
| Apr 2, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 46 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 5:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 9 more | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 10:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 1:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun and 45 more | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton and 36 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton, Coffee and 29 more | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 5:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb | 95 min |
| Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 7 more | 113 min |
| Apr 2, 7:31 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 13 more | 58 min |
| Apr 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 8 more | 92 min |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2009Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2009Tornado Watches in Florida, 2009Every tornado watch in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.