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Tornado Watch 577
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 30, 2022, 4:34 AM CST for 9 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2022, 4:34 AM CST (10:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2022, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 33 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Covington County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Clay County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:37 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
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 10%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- 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
- 40%
Warnings issued inside it
27 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 4:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 1 more | 53 min |
| Nov 30, 4:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 5:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 58 min |
| Nov 30, 5:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 5:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 5:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 49 min |
| Nov 30, 5:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Nov 30, 5:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 64 min |
| Nov 30, 6:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 52 min |
| Nov 30, 6:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 51 min |
| Nov 30, 6:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 53 min |
| Nov 30, 6:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 6:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 60 min |
| Nov 30, 6:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 74 min |
| Nov 30, 6:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 7:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 29 min |
| Nov 30, 7:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 17 min |
| Nov 30, 7:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 98 min |
| Nov 30, 7:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 21 min |
| Nov 30, 7:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 61 min |
| Nov 30, 7:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 8:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 29 min |
| Nov 30, 8:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 8:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon, Liberty and 1 more | 84 min |
| Nov 30, 8:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 35 min |
| Nov 30, 8:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Lanier and 3 more | 89 min |
| Nov 30, 10:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin | 25 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 269 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 402 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 531 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
864 WWUS20 KWNS 301031 SEL7 SPC WW 301031 ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-301700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 577 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 435 AM CST Wed Nov 30 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southern Alabama Florida Panhandle Extreme southwestern Georgia Coastal Waters * Effective this Wednesday morning from 435 AM until 1100 AM CST. * Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...A few damaging to severe wind gusts and a couple tornadoes still are possible with an area of thunderstorms that will shift eastward over the watch area through midday. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles either side of a line from 50 miles west southwest of Pensacola FL to 45 miles northeast of Marianna FL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). 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 576... 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 25035. ...Edwards
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 6:19 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lauderdale | 86 min |
| Nov 29, 8:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Choctaw, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson and 7 more | 64 min |
| Nov 29, 10:23 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 13 more | 67 min |
| Nov 29, 10:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 29, 11:33 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Choctaw, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson and 10 more | 87 min |
| Nov 30, 2:15 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw and 20 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 8 more | 115 min |
| Nov 30, 7:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 119 min |
| Nov 30, 10:08 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 9 more | 67 min |
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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.