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Tornado Watch 4
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 25, 2026, 10:49 AM CST for 17 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2026, 10:49 AM CST (16:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2026, 5:34 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 52 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler 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, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Webster County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- 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
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
26 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 11:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 31 min |
| Jan 25, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry | 45 min |
| Jan 25, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 41 min |
| Jan 25, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 36 min |
| Jan 25, 1:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 56 min |
| Jan 25, 1:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 54 min |
| Jan 25, 1:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 32 min |
| Jan 25, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Walton, Washington | 75 min |
| Jan 25, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Lee, Randolph, Terrell | 55 min |
| Jan 25, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 38 min |
| Jan 25, 1:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 36 min |
| Jan 25, 2:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 26 min |
| Jan 25, 2:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 36 min |
| Jan 25, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 63 min |
| Jan 25, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 30 min |
| Jan 25, 2:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 66 min |
| Jan 25, 2:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Early | 24 min |
| Jan 25, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Turner, Worth | 51 min |
| Jan 25, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 11 min |
| Jan 25, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Washington | 52 min |
| Jan 25, 3:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Colquitt, Dougherty, Miller, Mitchell, Tift and 2 more | 52 min |
| Jan 25, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 38 min |
| Jan 25, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty | 47 min |
| Jan 25, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Mitchell and 3 more | 60 min |
| Jan 25, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Grady and 3 more | 65 min |
| Jan 25, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift | 33 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1033 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
589 WWUS20 KWNS 251647 SEL4 SPC WW 251647 ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-260000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 4 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1050 AM CST Sun Jan 25 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southeast Alabama Western Florida Panhandle Southwest Georgia Coastal Waters * Effective this Sunday morning and evening from 1050 AM until 600 PM CST. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are intensifying along a cold front over western Alabama. This activity will spread eastward through the afternoon, posing a risk of damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles either side of a line from 20 miles west southwest of Evergreen AL to 25 miles north northeast of Moultrie GA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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. && 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 450. Mean storm motion vector 25040. ...Hart
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 9:55 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 12:32 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva and 4 more | 88 min |
| Jan 25, 2:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty | 95 min |
| Jan 25, 11:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth and 14 more | 4 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.