Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 102
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 18, 2000, 3:15 PM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas; 29 parishes in Louisiana; 39 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2000, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2000, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 3:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 66 min |
| Mar 18, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 66 min |
| Mar 18, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Tensas | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 7:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 2 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 7 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2000
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.