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Tornado Watch 42
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 11, 2022, 10:06 PM CST for 7 counties in Alabama; 24 counties in Florida; 40 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2022, 10:06 PM CST (04:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2022, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 71 counties
Coffee County, AL, Covington County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 40%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 11:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla | 92 min |
| Mar 12, 12:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 1:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 92 min |
| Mar 12, 1:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 24 min |
| Mar 12, 2:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 87 min |
| Mar 12, 2:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 85 min |
| Mar 12, 3:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 72 min |
| Mar 12, 4:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier and 3 more | 78 min |
| Mar 12, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 4:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 8:24 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 6 more | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 1:51 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 14 more | 114 min |
| Mar 12, 2:37 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 25 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Orange, Pasco, Pinellas and 4 more | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 9:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Indian River and 7 more | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 2:47 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 35 more | 118 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.