Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches in 2019
Tornado Watch 104
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 25, 2019, 6:31 PM CDT for 13 counties in Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2019, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2019, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 55 kt
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 5%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 30%
Warnings issued inside it
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 11:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 117 min |
| Apr 25, 12:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 84 min |
Nearby
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.