Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 126
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 27, 2000, 2:00 AM CST for 29 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2000, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2000, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties
Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Newton County, TX
Warnings issued inside it
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 32 min |
| Mar 27, 3:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 63 min |
| Mar 27, 3:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 3:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Baton Rouge | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 3:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 5:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 58 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 26, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Natchitoches and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, East Carroll and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin and 10 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 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.