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Tornado Watch 92

March 13, 19994 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 13, 1999, 4:00 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1999, 4:00 PM CST (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1999, 9:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Jefferson Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, George County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Stone County, MS

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 4:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson32 min
Mar 13, 5:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines30 min
Mar 13, 5:43 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile32 min
Mar 13, 6:45 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile60 min
Mar 13, 6:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile, Washington3 hr
Mar 13, 7:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson32 min
Mar 13, 7:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin71 min
Mar 13, 7:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile74 min

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more5 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

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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.