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Tornado Watch 82

March 30, 202212 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 9 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 30, 2022, 6:39 PM CDT for 12 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 9 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2022, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1 in
Strongest gust expected
65 kt
All 24 counties

Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa 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), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
80%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
70%
Ten or more severe wind reports
90%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
60%
Ten or more severe hail reports
20%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
95%

Warnings issued inside it

48 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River, Pike, Walthall48 min
Mar 30, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River37 min
Mar 30, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone55 min
Mar 30, 7:51 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLIXPearl River11 min
Mar 30, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw53 min
Mar 30, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne52 min
Mar 30, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry47 min
Mar 30, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock42 min
Mar 30, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWayne30 min
Mar 30, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox26 min
Mar 30, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBMobile, Washington51 min
Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington63 min
Mar 30, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington42 min
Mar 30, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington31 min
Mar 30, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Jackson43 min
Mar 30, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington65 min
Mar 30, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke22 min
Mar 30, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox38 min
Mar 30, 9:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson58 min
Mar 30, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington57 min
Mar 30, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile, Washington52 min
Mar 30, 10:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington15 min
Mar 30, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson33 min
Mar 30, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBWilcox43 min
Mar 30, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson22 min
Mar 30, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile51 min
Mar 30, 10:31 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBMobile23 min
Mar 30, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Washington and 1 more54 min
Mar 30, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile39 min
Mar 30, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBBaldwin, Mobile50 min
Mar 30, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile44 min
Mar 30, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile56 min
Mar 30, 11:04 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBBaldwin, Mobile20 min
Mar 30, 11:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin48 min
Mar 30, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBButler, Monroe, Wilcox28 min
Mar 30, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBBaldwin67 min
Mar 30, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe and 1 more64 min
Mar 30, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia44 min
Mar 30, 11:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin37 min
Mar 31, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBBaldwin59 min
Mar 31, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia67 min
Mar 31, 12:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa51 min
Mar 31, 12:41 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa49 min
Mar 31, 1:04 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa41 min
Mar 31, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa60 min
Mar 31, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw61 min
Mar 31, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMOBCovington47 min
Mar 31, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa47 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2022-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2022-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 3:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert, Cullman and 24 more2 hr
Mar 30, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Colbert, Coosa and 31 more8 hr
Mar 30, 5:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLamar, Pickens91 min
Mar 30, 6:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo and 4 more86 min
Mar 30, 4:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBossier, Caddo, Webster2 hr
Mar 30, 5:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more8 hr
Mar 30, 10:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Beauregard, Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 18 more61 min
Mar 30, 11:26 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more8 hr
Mar 30, 12:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCaldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant and 11 more9 hr
Mar 30, 12:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll and 10 more58 min
Mar 30, 1:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more9 hr
Mar 30, 2:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEast Carroll, Madison, Tensas, West Carroll119 min
Mar 30, 3:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 10 more2 hr
Mar 30, 6:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCOrleans, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany119 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.