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Tornado Watch 89
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 26, 2023, 5:49 PM CDT for 39 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2023, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 3 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 39 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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
- 50%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 60%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
30 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 61 min |
| Mar 26, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 64 min |
| Mar 26, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo | 21 min |
| Mar 26, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 61 min |
| Mar 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 15 min |
| Mar 26, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 17 min |
| Mar 26, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 8:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 79 min |
| Mar 26, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 60 min |
| Mar 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Coosa, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 69 min |
| Mar 26, 10:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 10:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Chambers, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Elmore and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Sumter, Washington | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa and 13 more | 119 min |
| Mar 26, 6:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa and 13 more | 56 min |
| Mar 26, 6:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 9:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Choctaw, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes and 5 more | 91 min |
| Mar 26, 11:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee and 17 more | 113 min |
| Mar 26, 5:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 21 more | 94 min |
| Mar 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Marengo and 4 more | 119 min |
Nearby
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.