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Tornado Watch 139
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 23, 2020, 4:05 AM CDT for 20 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Florida; 9 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2020, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2020, 3:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 38 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Pike County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 40%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
46 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 4:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 5:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 12 min |
| Apr 23, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 6:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 6:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 6:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 7:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 7:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 7:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 68 min |
| Apr 23, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 8:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 38 min |
| Apr 23, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 10:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 43 min |
| Apr 23, 10:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 1:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 20 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, 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 23, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 17 more | 113 min |
| Apr 23, 9:52 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 2:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon and 6 more | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia and 17 more | 96 min |
| Apr 23, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 7 more | 5 hr |
| 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
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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.