Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches in 2010
Tornado Watch 96
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 24, 2010, 1:17 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2010, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2010, 9:00 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 152 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore 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, Lee County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Edwards County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marion County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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
- 95%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 90%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 90%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 80%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 90%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 60%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
77 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Saline | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 2:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 20 min |
| Apr 24, 3:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 60 min |
| Apr 24, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 4:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Winston | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 15 min |
| Apr 24, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 21 min |
| Apr 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler | 16 min |
| Apr 24, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Morgan | 14 min |
| Apr 24, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 15 min |
| Apr 24, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 1 more | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury, Perry | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Perry | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Taylor | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 6:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 17 min |
| Apr 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Williamson | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor, Washington | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson, Wayne | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Marion and 3 more | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 12 min |
| Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 37 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas and 12 more | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 10:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas and 11 more | 58 min |
| Apr 24, 2:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 3 more | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Mobile and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Cullman, Dallas and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:01 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 5 more | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 10:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun and 32 more | 92 min |
| Apr 24, 11:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 39 more | 95 min |
| Apr 24, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Colbert, Cullman and 24 more | 89 min |
| Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 61 more | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 12 more | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 11:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Monroe | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 11:31 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Perry and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Jersey, Madison, Marion and 4 more | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 45 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 41 more | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 5:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland | 60 min |
| Apr 24, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Floyd, Ohio, Switzerland | 8 hr |
| Apr 23, 11:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 21 more | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 2:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 14 more | 91 min |
| Apr 24, 6:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.