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Tornado Watch 42
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 28, 2009, 10:39 AM CST for 6 counties in Alabama; 13 counties in Florida; 79 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2009, 10:39 AM CST (16:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 98 counties
Coffee County, AL, Covington 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, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Grady County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Schley County, GA, Screven County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Ware County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wayne 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
42 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Randolph, Terrell | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 56 min |
| Feb 28, 11:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 11:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 11:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 11:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 12:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 42 min |
| Feb 28, 12:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 12:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 12:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 12:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Early, Miller | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 12:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 1:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Turner | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 1:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 2:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Irwin, Tift | 42 min |
| Feb 28, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Irwin | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 2:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Washington | 41 min |
| Feb 28, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Coffee | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 3:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Thomas | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 64 min |
| Feb 28, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Lanier | 20 min |
| Feb 28, 4:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 63 min |
| Feb 28, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 4:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 43 min |
| Feb 28, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 5:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 5:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 5:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Terrell | 57 min |
| Feb 28, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 36 min |
| Feb 28, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 36 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 6:38 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 30 more | 97 min |
| Feb 27, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 27, 8:48 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more | 117 min |
| Feb 27, 10:47 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 23 more | 118 min |
| Feb 28, 2:15 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 25 more | 90 min |
| Feb 28, 2:52 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 15 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:40 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:49 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more | 86 min |
| Feb 28, 3:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Washington | 85 min |
| Feb 28, 3:27 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Nassau | 93 min |
| Feb 28, 7:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.