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Tornado Watch 44
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 4, 2020, 9:16 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama; 4 counties in Florida; 40 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2020, 9:16 AM CST (15:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2020, 3:13 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 49 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Walton 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, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- 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
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 9:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Early | 28 min |
| Mar 4, 10:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Pierce, Wayne | 24 min |
| Mar 4, 10:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 40 min |
| Mar 4, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn, Wayne | 30 min |
| Mar 4, 10:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Wayne | 27 min |
| Mar 4, 10:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 50 min |
| Mar 4, 10:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 24 min |
| Mar 4, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 18 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
142 WWUS20 KWNS 041514 SEL4 SPC WW 041514 ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-042300- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 44 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1015 AM EST Wed Mar 4 2020 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southeast Alabama North Florida Southern Georgia Coastal Waters * Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 1015 AM until 600 PM EST. * Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Scattered large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms over southeast Alabama and southern Georgia will sag southward through the day, with occasionally intense storms capable of damaging wind gusts or perhaps a tornado or two. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west southwest of Dothan AL to 40 miles east northeast of Brunswick GA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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 39...WW 42...WW 43... 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 500. Mean storm motion vector 27035. ...Hart
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 1:19 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Marengo and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:53 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Elmore, Greene and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:37 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:34 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gadsden, Jackson, Washington | 86 min |
| Mar 4, 1:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hamilton, Nassau | 55 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.