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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 113

April 3, 19997 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 3, 1999, 7:00 PM CST for 7 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 1999, 7:00 PM CST (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 1999, 12:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties

Crittenden County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Scott County, MO, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi31 min
Apr 3, 7:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale33 min
Apr 3, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby34 min
Apr 3, 8:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall49 min
Apr 3, 8:18 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall32 min
Apr 3, 8:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington48 min
Apr 3, 8:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton47 min
Apr 3, 9:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson33 min
Apr 3, 9:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston, Lyon38 min
Apr 3, 10:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden36 min

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1999-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1999-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -231 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 3 more5 hr
Apr 3, 8:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 16 more4 hr
Apr 3, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCItawamba, Tishomingo4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 1999Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 1999Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 1999Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1999

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.