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Tornado Watch 20
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 12, 2023, 10:20 AM CST for 18 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2023, 10:20 AM CST (16:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2023, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 23 counties
Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 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
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
24 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 10:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 63 min |
| Jan 12, 10:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 26 min |
| Jan 12, 10:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 56 min |
| Jan 12, 10:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 64 min |
| Jan 12, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 27 min |
| Jan 12, 11:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 28 min |
| Jan 12, 11:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 58 min |
| Jan 12, 11:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 66 min |
| Jan 12, 12:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 40 min |
| Jan 12, 12:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 43 min |
| Jan 12, 12:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 57 min |
| Jan 12, 12:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 45 min |
| Jan 12, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 55 min |
| Jan 12, 12:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 47 min |
| Jan 12, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Coosa, Elmore | 51 min |
| Jan 12, 1:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery | 66 min |
| Jan 12, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 49 min |
| Jan 12, 1:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Jan 12, 1:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 39 min |
| Jan 12, 2:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 57 min |
| Jan 12, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Jan 12, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jan 12, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 43 min |
| Jan 12, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 6:38 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 12, 6:59 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Colbert and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:01 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greene, Hale, Sumter, Tuscaloosa | 119 min |
| Jan 12, 9:54 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter | 96 min |
| Jan 12, 10:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 7 more | 53 min |
| Jan 12, 11:36 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Perry | 84 min |
| Jan 12, 12:06 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Lee and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 60 min |
| Jan 12, 1:19 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 116 min |
| Jan 12, 1:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 65 min |
| Jan 12, 2:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers | 119 min |
| Jan 12, 2:06 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 114 min |
| Jan 12, 2:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Dale, Henry | 92 min |
| Jan 12, 3:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Copiah and 19 more | 3 hr |
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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.