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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 104

March 19, 20004 counties in Alabama; 27 parishes in Louisiana; 36 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 19, 2000, 8:15 AM CST for 4 counties in Alabama; 27 parishes in Louisiana; 36 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2000, 8:15 AM CST (14:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2000, 2:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Washington County, AL, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee 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 Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS, Newton County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 8:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry55 min
Mar 19, 9:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah48 min
Mar 19, 9:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds29 min
Mar 19, 10:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith46 min
Mar 19, 1:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBClarke2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 19, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 25 more6 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.