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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 142
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 23, 2020, 4:06 PM CDT for 23 counties in Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2020, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2020, 5:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 24 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 70%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 43 min |
| Apr 23, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 38 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 23, 2:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 92 min |
| Apr 23, 4:05 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 14 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 9 more | 92 min |
| Apr 23, 9:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 1:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry and 3 more | 113 min |
| Apr 22, 9:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Amite, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike and 2 more | 89 min |
| Apr 22, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 20 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 22, 11:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, Wilkinson | 89 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2020Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2020Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2020
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.