Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 240
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 6, 2014, 11:51 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2014, 11:51 AM CDT (16:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 131 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, Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
35 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 2:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 2:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, Poinsett, St. Francis | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett, Randolph | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 3:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada, Leflore | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett, Randolph | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Jefferson, St. Clair, Talladega | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 3:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 4:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Tallapoosa | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 11:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 24 more | 83 min |
| Jun 6, 2:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 28 more | 92 min |
| Jun 6, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 12 more | 114 min |
| Jun 6, 5:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Butler, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Montgomery and 2 more | 83 min |
| Jun 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Conway and 32 more | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 51 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Conway, Faulkner, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke and 8 more | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 9:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie and 2 more | 92 min |
| Jun 6, 2:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Bulloch and 50 more | 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.