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Tornado Watch 3
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 8, 2024, 8:42 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2024, 8:42 PM CST (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2024, 7:26 AM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 71 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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
- 80%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 50%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 50%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
70 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 8:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 111 min |
| Jan 8, 9:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 34 min |
| Jan 8, 11:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Jan 9, 12:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 15 min |
| Jan 9, 12:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 38 min |
| Jan 9, 12:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 31 min |
| Jan 9, 12:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 44 min |
| Jan 9, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 61 min |
| Jan 9, 12:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 13 min |
| Jan 9, 12:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 37 min |
| Jan 9, 12:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 50 min |
| Jan 9, 1:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles, Terrebonne | 44 min |
| Jan 9, 1:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 42 min |
| Jan 9, 1:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 35 min |
| Jan 9, 1:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 48 min |
| Jan 9, 1:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 29 min |
| Jan 9, 1:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles | 55 min |
| Jan 9, 1:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 35 min |
| Jan 9, 1:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 28 min |
| Jan 9, 1:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Wayne | 30 min |
| Jan 9, 1:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 77 min |
| Jan 9, 1:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 25 min |
| Jan 9, 1:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Terrebonne | 52 min |
| Jan 9, 1:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 49 min |
| Jan 9, 1:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 80 min |
| Jan 9, 1:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 15 min |
| Jan 9, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 53 min |
| Jan 9, 1:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 36 min |
| Jan 9, 2:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 40 min |
| Jan 9, 2:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 44 min |
| Jan 9, 2:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 38 min |
| Jan 9, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 47 min |
| Jan 9, 2:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 27 min |
| Jan 9, 3:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 47 min |
| Jan 9, 3:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 28 min |
| Jan 9, 3:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 20 min |
| Jan 9, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Washington | 60 min |
| Jan 9, 4:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 16 min |
| Jan 9, 4:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 24 min |
| Jan 9, 4:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 19 min |
| Jan 9, 4:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more | 58 min |
| Jan 9, 4:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Jan 9, 4:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 38 min |
| Jan 9, 4:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 10 min |
| Jan 9, 4:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia | 57 min |
| Jan 9, 4:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 33 min |
| Jan 9, 5:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 41 min |
| Jan 9, 5:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 38 min |
| Jan 9, 5:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 64 min |
| Jan 9, 5:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 26 min |
| Jan 9, 5:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 38 min |
| Jan 9, 5:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 93 min |
| Jan 9, 6:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 49 min |
| Jan 9, 6:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 25 min |
| Jan 9, 6:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 18 min |
| Jan 9, 6:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 39 min |
| Jan 9, 6:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 16 min |
| Jan 9, 6:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 89 min |
| Jan 9, 6:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 47 min |
| Jan 9, 6:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 33 min |
| Jan 9, 6:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 26 min |
| Jan 9, 6:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 29 min |
| Jan 9, 7:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 90 min |
| Jan 9, 7:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 118 min |
| Jan 9, 7:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 26 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1723 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
051
WWUS20 KWNS 090239
SEL3
SPC WW 090239
ALZ000-FLZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-091300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 3
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
840 PM CST Mon Jan 8 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southern Alabama
The western Florida Panhandle
Southeastern Louisiana
Southern Mississippi
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 840 PM
until 700 AM CST.
* Primary threats include...
Several tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes
possible
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A squall line is expected to strengthen while moving
eastward overnight from Louisiana/southern Mississippi to southern
Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle closer to sunrise. The
storm environment will be favorable for rotating storms within and
just ahead of the line, with the potential for a couple of strong
(EF2-EF3) tornadoes, damaging gusts up to 75 mph and isolated large
hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles
north and south of a line from 65 miles northwest of Houma LA to 40
miles northeast of Panama City FL. 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...This tornado watch replaces tornado
watch number 2. Watch number 2 will not be in effect after 840 PM
CST. CONTINUE...WW 1...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 24050.
...ThompsonSPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 7:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 117 min |
| Jan 8, 11:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 93 min |
| Jan 9, 2:44 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 5:36 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 6:07 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:05 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 5 more | 85 min |
| Jan 9, 9:45 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:41 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:42 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:16 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton and 4 more | 89 min |
| Jan 9, 2:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Citrus, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Hernando, Hillsborough and 9 more | 86 min |
| Jan 9, 5:48 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 9 more | 87 min |
| Jan 8, 8:07 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary and 1 more | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.