Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2016
Tornado Watch 75
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 1, 2016, 1:48 PM CDT for 14 counties in Florida; 56 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2016, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 70 counties
Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Screven County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- 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
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas and 1 more | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 39 min |
| Apr 1, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Charlton, Ware | 50 min |
| Apr 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Glynn, Wayne | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Ware | 20 min |
| Apr 1, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 26 min |
| Apr 1, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, Ware | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Glynn | 23 min |
| Apr 1, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 62 min |
| Apr 1, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Pierce, Ware, Wayne | 51 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
207 WWUS20 KWNS 011845 SEL5 SPC WW 011845 FLZ000-GAZ000-020100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 75 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 250 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE SOUTHERN GEORGIA * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL 900 PM EDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE SUMMARY...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTH GA AND THE FL PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE STRONGEST CELLS WILL POSE A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF VIDALIA GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 74... AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030. ...HART
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Nassau | 65 min |
| Apr 1, 6:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Franklin, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette and 6 more | 85 min |
| Mar 31, 7:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Grady, Lowndes and 3 more | 96 min |
| Mar 31, 7:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattahoochee and 42 more | 94 min |
| Mar 31, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 65 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattahoochee and 43 more | 64 min |
| Apr 1, 12:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Burke, Columbia, Dodge, Elbert and 18 more | 89 min |
| Apr 1, 2:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart | 57 min |
| Apr 1, 4:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Dougherty and 17 more | 89 min |
| Apr 1, 6:26 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Bryan and 54 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 10:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 69 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 54 more | 60 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.