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Tornado Watch 132
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 6, 2025, 10:01 AM CDT for 33 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 59 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2025, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2025, 7:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 95 counties
Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
- 10%
- 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
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
38 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 10:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 14 min |
| Apr 6, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 32 min |
| Apr 6, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 49 min |
| Apr 6, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 36 min |
| Apr 6, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 67 min |
| Apr 6, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Rockdale and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 58 min |
| Apr 6, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Apr 6, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 31 min |
| Apr 6, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 33 min |
| Apr 6, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 43 min |
| Apr 6, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 1:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock, Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 91 min |
| Apr 6, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot, Troup | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 29 min |
| Apr 6, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 52 min |
| Apr 6, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 16 min |
| Apr 6, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 118 min |
| Apr 6, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 43 min |
| Apr 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 42 min |
| Apr 6, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Peach, Twiggs | 32 min |
| Apr 6, 4:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 15 min |
| Apr 6, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 52 min |
| Apr 6, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach, Twiggs and 1 more | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 21 min |
| Apr 6, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Laurens, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson | 43 min |
| Apr 6, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington, Wilkinson | 61 min |
| Apr 6, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Apr 6, 6:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
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 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more | 90 min |
| Apr 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar, Lauderdale and 7 more | 90 min |
| Apr 6, 1:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, Marshall, St. Clair | 54 min |
| Apr 6, 2:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Jefferson and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 113 min |
| Apr 6, 7:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay and 7 more | 116 min |
| Apr 6, 9:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 32 more | 96 min |
| Apr 6, 12:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee and 17 more | 97 min |
| Apr 6, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 8 more | 87 min |
| Apr 6, 6:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 13 more | 117 min |
| Apr 6, 5:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Dodge, Dooly, Glascock, Houston and 13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.