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Tornado Watch 104
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 11, 2024, 7:32 AM EDT for 30 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2024, 7:32 AM EDT (11:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2024, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 35 counties
Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Lake County, FL, Levy County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL, Volusia County, FL, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA, Ware County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:35 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
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 5%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 50%
Warnings issued inside it
28 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 7:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 18 min |
| Apr 11, 7:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 7:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 9:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Levy | 22 min |
| Apr 11, 10:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 25 min |
| Apr 11, 11:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 29 min |
| Apr 11, 11:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Putnam, Saint Johns | 25 min |
| Apr 11, 11:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Saint Johns | 18 min |
| Apr 11, 11:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay, Saint Johns | 16 min |
| Apr 11, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Sumter | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 11:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 26 min |
| Apr 11, 11:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 19 min |
| Apr 11, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Sumter | 43 min |
| Apr 11, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 21 min |
| Apr 11, 12:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 23 min |
| Apr 11, 12:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 29 min |
| Apr 11, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler, Marion, Putnam | 27 min |
| Apr 11, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 17 min |
| Apr 11, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas and 2 more | 45 min |
| Apr 11, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler, Putnam | 35 min |
| Apr 11, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 20 min |
| Apr 11, 12:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 12 min |
| Apr 11, 12:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 19 min |
| Apr 11, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 16 min |
| Apr 11, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 19 min |
| Apr 11, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1:58 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:33 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 13 more | 117 min |
| Apr 11, 12:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Flagler, Hillsborough, Lake, Orange, Pasco, Pinellas and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Flagler, Lake, Orange, Polk, Seminole, Volusia | 96 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.