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Tornado Watch 3
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 10, 2026, 3:49 AM CST for 37 counties in Alabama; 20 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2026, 3:49 AM CST (09:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2026, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 57 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo 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, Amite County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Greene County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Marion County, MS, Newton County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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
- 50%
- 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
23 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 3:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 67 min |
| Jan 10, 3:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Jan 10, 4:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones | 58 min |
| Jan 10, 4:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones | 67 min |
| Jan 10, 5:01 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 72 min |
| Jan 10, 5:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 64 min |
| Jan 10, 5:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 63 min |
| Jan 10, 5:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 118 min |
| Jan 10, 5:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 42 min |
| Jan 10, 6:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 52 min |
| Jan 10, 6:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 7:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 41 min |
| Jan 10, 7:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 54 min |
| Jan 10, 8:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 8:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Lowndes, Perry | 48 min |
| Jan 10, 8:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore | 32 min |
| Jan 10, 9:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon and 2 more | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 9:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Russell and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jan 10, 10:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell | 39 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
384 WWUS20 KWNS 100946 SEL3 SPC WW 100946 ALZ000-GAZ000-MSZ000-101600- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 3 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 350 AM CST Sat Jan 10 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Central Alabama Northwest Georgia Southeast Mississippi * Effective this Saturday morning from 350 AM until 1000 AM CST. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in coverage and intensity through the morning as an upper trough approaches. Low-level shear profiles will strengthen, posing a risk of a few supercells capable of tornadoes and locally damaging wind gusts. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles northwest of Mc Comb MS to 30 miles east of Anniston AL. 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...CONTINUE...WW 2... AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 24035. ...Hart
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2:04 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sumter | 116 min |
| Jan 10, 7:04 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Marengo, Perry, Wilcox | 116 min |
| Jan 10, 9:21 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bullock, Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon and 3 more | 84 min |
| Jan 9, 6:40 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 7:46 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Grant and 9 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:07 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Catahoula and 23 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.