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Tornado Watch 40
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 16, 2023, 1:50 PM CST for 25 counties in Alabama; Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2023, 1:50 PM CST (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2023, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 28 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Winston County, AL, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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
- 70%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 40%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- 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
- 70%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 11:33 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 27 min |
| Feb 16, 11:37 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Pickens, Sumter | 83 min |
| Feb 16, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 23 more | 88 min |
| Feb 16, 2:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 3 more | 118 min |
| Feb 16, 2:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Sumter | 55 min |
| Feb 16, 3:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:56 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 93 min |
| Feb 15, 9:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, DeSoto and 22 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola and 6 more | 115 min |
| Feb 16, 4:08 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman and 2 more | 67 min |
| Feb 16, 4:51 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | DeSoto, Marshall | 90 min |
| Feb 16, 7:54 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:23 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:59 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw and 45 more | 9 hr |
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.