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Tornado Watch 113
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 3, 2023, 9:51 AM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; 6 counties in Florida; 19 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2023, 9:51 AM CDT (14:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 30 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Baker County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 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
- 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
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 10:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 10:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 74 min |
| Apr 3, 12:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 59 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -384 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
628 WWUS20 KWNS 031448 SEL3 SPC WW 031448 ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-032100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 113 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1050 AM EDT Mon Apr 3 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southeast Alabama The Florida Panhandle Southwest Georgia * Effective this Monday morning and afternoon from 1050 AM until 500 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Clusters of thunderstorms will spread east-southeastward through the afternoon, posing a threat for mainly damaging winds and a couple of tornadoes. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west of Dothan AL to 5 miles northeast of Valdosta GA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). 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 112... AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 29030. ...Gleason/Hart
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 10:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 117 min |
| Apr 3, 4:57 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 3 more | 83 min |
| Apr 3, 9:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 5:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Coffee, Crenshaw and 11 more | 114 min |
| Apr 3, 1:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison | 85 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.