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Tornado Watch 91

March 13, 19998 counties in Alabama; 23 parishes in Louisiana; 20 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 13, 1999, 10:00 AM CST for 8 counties in Alabama; 23 parishes in Louisiana; 20 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1999, 10:00 AM CST (16:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1999, 3:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 10:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana48 min
Mar 13, 10:13 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXAmite37 min
Mar 13, 10:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Helena42 min
Mar 13, 11:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa34 min
Mar 13, 11:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike34 min
Mar 13, 11:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall33 min
Mar 13, 11:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion50 min
Mar 13, 12:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar50 min
Mar 13, 12:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLIXPike2 hr
Mar 13, 12:34 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHSaint Martin46 min
Mar 13, 1:07 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa33 min
Mar 13, 1:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLamar, Marion2 hr
Mar 13, 1:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest2 hr
Mar 13, 1:33 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXWashington32 min
Mar 13, 2:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJones119 min
Mar 13, 2:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLIXPike74 min
Mar 13, 2:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne62 min
Mar 13, 2:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington65 min

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1999-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 553 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1999-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 406 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
553 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile5 hr
Mar 12, 10:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Assumption, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 13 more7 hr
Mar 13, 5:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 26 more5 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 1999Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 1999Tornado Watches in Alabama, 1999Every tornado 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.