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Tornado Watch 46

March 15, 202547 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 15, 2025, 12:25 PM CDT for 47 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2025, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 8:59 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Particularly dangerous situation: Yes
Largest hail expected: 2.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 65 kt

All 52 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Butler County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Winston County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 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: 95%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 95%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 60%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 70%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

46 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	53 min
Mar 15, 1:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	28 min
Mar 15, 1:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin	40 min
Mar 15, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	53 min
Mar 15, 1:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	3 hr
Mar 15, 2:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence	38 min
Mar 15, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin	48 min
Mar 15, 2:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Sumter	44 min
Mar 15, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	60 min
Mar 15, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens	54 min
Mar 15, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone	24 min
Mar 15, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	20 min
Mar 15, 3:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	66 min
Mar 15, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	57 min
Mar 15, 4:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BMX	Walker	39 min
Mar 15, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence	64 min
Mar 15, 4:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	25 min
Mar 15, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman	46 min
Mar 15, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa	31 min
Mar 15, 4:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	5 hr
Mar 15, 5:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Sumter	16 min
Mar 15, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	21 min
Mar 15, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	38 min
Mar 15, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	HUN	Cullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	22 min
Mar 15, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman, Limestone, Morgan	22 min
Mar 15, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	23 min
Mar 15, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	63 min
Mar 15, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	46 min
Mar 15, 6:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	6 hr
Mar 15, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale, Marengo, Perry	58 min
Mar 15, 6:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Morgan	5 hr
Mar 15, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	46 min
Mar 15, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	32 min
Mar 15, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Washington	41 min
Mar 15, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb	47 min
Mar 15, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton	55 min
Mar 15, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby	62 min
Mar 15, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega	40 min
Mar 15, 8:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas	23 min
Mar 15, 8:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BMX	Shelby	26 min
Mar 15, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	34 min
Mar 15, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Clay, Coosa, St. Clair, Talladega	64 min
Mar 15, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega	4 hr
Mar 15, 8:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	52 min
Mar 15, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Talladega	33 min
Mar 15, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	32 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 15, 2:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale and 12 more	87 min
Mar 15, 2:34 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Lamar and 11 more	4 hr
Mar 15, 11:19 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun and 38 more	86 min
Mar 15, 1:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more	89 min
Mar 15, 1:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Choctaw, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale and 5 more	119 min
Mar 15, 2:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Sumter	83 min
Mar 15, 3:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale and 8 more	2 hr
Mar 15, 3:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile	95 min
Mar 15, 6:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 17 more	3 hr
Mar 15, 6:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 9 more	114 min
Mar 14, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	10 hr
Mar 14, 8:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada and 14 more	2 hr
Mar 14, 9:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay and 27 more	7 hr
Mar 14, 11:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 21 more	96 min
Mar 14, 11:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Lee and 9 more	115 min
Mar 15, 12:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Kemper and 14 more	86 min
Mar 15, 4:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada and 17 more	86 min
Mar 15, 5:58 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 29 more	7 hr
Mar 15, 8:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 26 more	86 min
Mar 15, 9:25 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 31 more	95 min
Mar 15, 10:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Amite, Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 54 more	113 min
Mar 15, 10:31 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Calhoun and 61 more	9 hr
Mar 15, 11:20 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 18 more	85 min
Mar 15, 11:53 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Amite, Attala, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 24 more	97 min
Mar 15, 12:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion, Walthall	54 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.