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Tornado Watch 684

October 25, 20195 counties in Alabama; 13 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Oct 25, 2019, 3:43 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; 13 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 25, 2019, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 2019, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
0.5 in
Strongest gust expected
50 kt

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL, Clarke County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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
30%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
10%
Ten or more severe wind reports
10%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
10%
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
20%

Warnings issued inside it

25 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke45 min
Oct 25, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile52 min
Oct 25, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington50 min
Oct 25, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile, Washington40 min
Oct 25, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw20 min
Oct 25, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile48 min
Oct 25, 4:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar2 hr
Oct 25, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington46 min
Oct 25, 5:12 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMOBMobile, Washington48 min
Oct 25, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile43 min
Oct 25, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington35 min
Oct 25, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington35 min
Oct 25, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington47 min
Oct 25, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington42 min
Oct 25, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington39 min
Oct 25, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile, Washington32 min
Oct 25, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington52 min
Oct 25, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene39 min
Oct 25, 7:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington6 hr
Oct 25, 7:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Wayne6 hr
Oct 25, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke33 min
Oct 25, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington67 min
Oct 25, 8:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke6 hr
Oct 25, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke45 min
Oct 25, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke31 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 8:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Mobile2 hr
Oct 25, 9:49 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington6 hr
Oct 25, 12:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington114 min
Oct 25, 3:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more57 min
Oct 25, 5:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington91 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.