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Tornado Watch 63

March 16, 202627 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Florida; 71 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 16, 2026, 3:10 AM CDT for 27 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Florida; 71 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2026, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2026, 10:58 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 107 counties

Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale 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, 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, Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Early County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Webster County, GA, White County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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
60%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
40%
Ten or more severe wind reports
60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
10%
Ten or more severe hail reports
20%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
80%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 3:15 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw15 min
Mar 16, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk20 min
Mar 16, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe45 min
Mar 16, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery43 min
Mar 16, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk28 min
Mar 16, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more27 min
Mar 16, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gordon, Pickens26 min
Mar 16, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBMXElmore, Tallapoosa41 min
Mar 16, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb and 5 more44 min
Mar 16, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Hall and 5 more43 min
Mar 16, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, Troup38 min
Mar 16, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile22 min
Mar 16, 4:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw42 min
Mar 16, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Henry and 5 more36 min
Mar 16, 4:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Clayton, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett and 5 more46 min
Mar 16, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, Towns, White13 min
Mar 16, 5:10 AM CDTTornado WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale20 min
Mar 16, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale49 min
Mar 16, 5:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and 6 more48 min
Mar 16, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether, Newton and 2 more40 min
Mar 16, 5:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Lamar, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee and 3 more38 min
Mar 16, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks16 min
Mar 16, 5:59 AM CDTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Talbot, Upson31 min
Mar 16, 6:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe42 min
Mar 16, 6:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Talbot, Taylor37 min
Mar 16, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Morgan, Newton and 1 more35 min
Mar 16, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee, Dale, Henry, Houston64 min
Mar 16, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin25 min
Mar 16, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more32 min
Mar 16, 6:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster40 min
Mar 16, 6:23 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEDale, Henry37 min
Mar 16, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHouston92 min
Mar 16, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Macon and 4 more51 min
Mar 16, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Morgan, Putnam34 min
Mar 16, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes26 min
Mar 16, 6:52 AM CDTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Jones23 min
Mar 16, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster30 min
Mar 16, 7:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller44 min
Mar 16, 7:05 AM CDTTornado WarningFFCJones8 min
Mar 16, 7:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHenry32 min
Mar 16, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes42 min
Mar 16, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bleckley, Hancock, Houston, Jones, Laurens and 4 more31 min
Mar 16, 7:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter, Webster12 min
Mar 16, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty60 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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2026-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 264 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2026-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
264 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1402 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 7:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 19 more2 hr
Mar 15, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more9 hr
Mar 15, 8:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Mobile and 2 more2 hr
Mar 15, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee and 29 more7 hr
Mar 15, 10:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Lauderdale, Limestone88 min
Mar 15, 10:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more2 hr
Mar 16, 1:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Chilton, Clarke, Coosa, Dallas, Marengo and 3 more54 min
Mar 16, 2:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee, Covington and 13 more113 min
Mar 16, 6:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 4 more96 min
Mar 16, 6:59 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf and 9 more7 hr
Mar 16, 9:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more84 min
Mar 16, 11:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 14 more86 min
Mar 16, 12:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Duval and 10 more4 hr
Mar 16, 12:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrevard, Broward, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 13 more62 min
Mar 16, 3:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRabun, Towns, Union114 min
Mar 16, 3:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCElbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Lincoln, Rabun and 1 more6 hr
Mar 16, 5:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 41 more89 min
Mar 16, 6:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke, Crawford and 28 more97 min
Mar 16, 10:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkeley, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg90 min
Mar 16, 12:18 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg7 hr
Mar 16, 2:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGeorgetown, Horry116 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.