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Tornado Watch 776
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Oct 27, 2009, 8:14 AM CDT for 19 counties in Florida; 12 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2009, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2009, 3:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 31 counties
Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie 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, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 5%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 50%
Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 44 min |
| Oct 27, 9:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 32 min |
| Oct 27, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 7:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 7 more | 88 min |
| Oct 27, 10:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 27, 1:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Wakulla | 2 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison and 4 more | 92 min |
| Oct 27, 2:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 2 hr |
| Oct 27, 5:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chatham, Effingham | 94 min |
| Oct 27, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham | 3 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Florida, 2009Tornado Watches in Georgia, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.