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Tornado Watch 132

April 10, 200931 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Georgia; 49 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 10, 2009, 11:23 AM CDT for 31 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Georgia; 49 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2009, 11:23 AM CDT (16:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Particularly dangerous situation
Yes
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
70 kt
All 85 counties

Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson 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, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Anderson County, TN, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Polk County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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
70%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
50%
Ten or more severe wind reports
70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
60%
Ten or more severe hail reports
60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

140 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Williamson38 min
Apr 10, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNLauderdale35 min
Apr 10, 11:57 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson33 min
Apr 10, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson45 min
Apr 10, 12:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson38 min
Apr 10, 12:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson31 min
Apr 10, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson42 min
Apr 10, 12:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne26 min
Apr 10, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Marshall, Maury37 min
Apr 10, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson52 min
Apr 10, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne50 min
Apr 10, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale32 min
Apr 10, 12:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner46 min
Apr 10, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale29 min
Apr 10, 12:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Marshall, Maury29 min
Apr 10, 12:33 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLauderdale27 min
Apr 10, 12:33 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyOHXCannon, Rutherford, Wilson42 min
Apr 10, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury23 min
Apr 10, 12:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Williamson32 min
Apr 10, 12:44 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale46 min
Apr 10, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Marshall29 min
Apr 10, 12:47 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLauderdale43 min
Apr 10, 12:49 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Maury26 min
Apr 10, 12:50 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson, Wilson25 min
Apr 10, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Sumner23 min
Apr 10, 12:53 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Franklin37 min
Apr 10, 12:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMarshall, Maury34 min
Apr 10, 12:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson48 min
Apr 10, 12:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence32 min
Apr 10, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall30 min
Apr 10, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln19 min
Apr 10, 1:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Giles, Marshall33 min
Apr 10, 1:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXClay, Macon23 min
Apr 10, 1:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Rutherford38 min
Apr 10, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone, Madison46 min
Apr 10, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Morgan15 min
Apr 10, 1:32 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLauderdale, Limestone28 min
Apr 10, 1:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles43 min
Apr 10, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin42 min
Apr 10, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone27 min
Apr 10, 1:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, Smith, White39 min
Apr 10, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Warren48 min
Apr 10, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLincoln, Moore46 min
Apr 10, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion45 min
Apr 10, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Morgan45 min
Apr 10, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone27 min
Apr 10, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Overton, Pickett27 min
Apr 10, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam39 min
Apr 10, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLawrence, Morgan36 min
Apr 10, 1:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Grundy48 min
Apr 10, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison15 min
Apr 10, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison44 min
Apr 10, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin24 min
Apr 10, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston51 min
Apr 10, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXFentress, Overton, Putnam, White51 min
Apr 10, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren, White30 min
Apr 10, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison, Marshall, Morgan29 min
Apr 10, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison, Morgan25 min
Apr 10, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy35 min
Apr 10, 2:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNLimestone, Madison, Morgan80 min
Apr 10, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison24 min
Apr 10, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXMarion47 min
Apr 10, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Morgan29 min
Apr 10, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin, Moore29 min
Apr 10, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam43 min
Apr 10, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMadison32 min
Apr 10, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXBledsoe, Sequatchie47 min
Apr 10, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Van Buren, Warren, White47 min
Apr 10, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston16 min
Apr 10, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson27 min
Apr 10, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman, Lawrence, Morgan40 min
Apr 10, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Marshall51 min
Apr 10, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMarion51 min
Apr 10, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton42 min
Apr 10, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNJackson, Marshall25 min
Apr 10, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston34 min
Apr 10, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson33 min
Apr 10, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXBledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 2 more48 min
Apr 10, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson31 min
Apr 10, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Shelby, Talladega24 min
Apr 10, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker41 min
Apr 10, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman, Marshall, Morgan39 min
Apr 10, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell, Claiborne, Union36 min
Apr 10, 3:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson, Marshall2 hr
Apr 10, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, St. Clair, Shelby30 min
Apr 10, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson45 min
Apr 10, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker45 min
Apr 10, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb43 min
Apr 10, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Marshall27 min
Apr 10, 3:33 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNDeKalb27 min
Apr 10, 3:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFFCDade, Walker27 min
Apr 10, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman23 min
Apr 10, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs and 3 more53 min
Apr 10, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield47 min
Apr 10, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe, Polk62 min
Apr 10, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMRXAnderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane60 min
Apr 10, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee42 min
Apr 10, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Shelby, Talladega41 min
Apr 10, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Walker37 min
Apr 10, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton34 min
Apr 10, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Marshall47 min
Apr 10, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker22 min
Apr 10, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd44 min
Apr 10, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman13 min
Apr 10, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNDeKalb26 min
Apr 10, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMarshall13 min
Apr 10, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Etowah52 min
Apr 10, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair34 min
Apr 10, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Etowah34 min
Apr 10, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield49 min
Apr 10, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd62 min
Apr 10, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee45 min
Apr 10, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMarshall30 min
Apr 10, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield41 min
Apr 10, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Sevier64 min
Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega47 min
Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb32 min
Apr 10, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker, Winston20 min
Apr 10, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson44 min
Apr 10, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Union28 min
Apr 10, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega40 min
Apr 10, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNDeKalb16 min
Apr 10, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah48 min
Apr 10, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega47 min
Apr 10, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa48 min
Apr 10, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega44 min
Apr 10, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Cleburne, Randolph41 min
Apr 10, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay, Cleburne, Randolph29 min
Apr 10, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah48 min
Apr 10, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair61 min
Apr 10, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby, Talladega41 min
Apr 10, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd41 min
Apr 10, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair23 min
Apr 10, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah52 min
Apr 10, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Clay, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa46 min
Apr 10, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair60 min
Apr 10, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton, Shelby21 min
Apr 10, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Cleburne, Randolph, Shelby, Talladega60 min
Apr 10, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Clay, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa60 min
Apr 10, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton, Coosa, Perry51 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2009-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2009-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1414 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 1:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Marion and 1 more96 min
Apr 10, 1:43 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 12 more5 hr
Apr 10, 4:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Cullman, DeKalb and 13 more95 min
Apr 10, 8:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLauderdale83 min
Apr 10, 11:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 4 more76 min
Apr 10, 12:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar and 8 more92 min
Apr 10, 2:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCleburne91 min
Apr 10, 2:39 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 19 more8 hr
Apr 10, 3:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah and 4 more92 min
Apr 10, 6:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne and 9 more56 min
Apr 10, 7:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Bartow, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson and 23 more86 min
Apr 10, 5:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Butts, Clarke, Columbia, Crawford and 32 more64 min
Apr 10, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Columbia and 53 more7 hr
Apr 9, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Holmes and 17 more4 hr
Apr 10, 8:53 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, DeSoto, Itawamba and 11 more7 hr
Apr 10, 12:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Davidson, Decatur and 16 more85 min
Apr 10, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Davidson and 28 more4 hr
Apr 10, 3:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson and 24 more57 min
Apr 10, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen and 8 more6 hr
Apr 10, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and 1 more63 min
Apr 10, 6:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock and 7 more67 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.