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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 152

April 3, 20009 counties in Alabama; Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; 27 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 3, 2000, 2:00 AM CDT for 9 counties in Alabama; Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; 27 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2000, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2000, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Bibb County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Warren County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott46 min
Apr 3, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba26 min
Apr 3, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison52 min
Apr 3, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds33 min
Apr 3, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison29 min
Apr 3, 4:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Richland6 hr
Apr 3, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison40 min
Apr 3, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren47 min
Apr 3, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams35 min
Apr 3, 6:39 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams36 min
Apr 3, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson28 min
Apr 3, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana80 min
Apr 3, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson, Lincoln45 min
Apr 3, 7:37 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana38 min
Apr 3, 7:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison39 min
Apr 3, 7:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Feliciana, West Feliciana67 min
Apr 3, 7:57 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison48 min
Apr 3, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds45 min

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2143 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
2143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

885 
WWUS9 KMKC 030635
SEL2  

SEL2  
MKC WW 030635
ALZ000-MSZ000-031300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 152
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
135 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA                            
   SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI                        

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 200 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CENTREVILLE ALABAMA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 148.  WATCH NUMBER 148 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
AFTER 200 AM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 149...WW 150...WW 151...

DISCUSSION...BAND OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL
LOUISIANA INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ENEWD TO
THE NORTH OF OLD CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.  ETA AND RUC2 MODELS
INDICATE INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPING ACROSS SERN LOUISIANA
AND SRN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS SUGGESTING POTENTIAL
FOR INTENSIFICATION OF CONVECTION DURING THE EARLY MORNING.  HAIL
AND DAMAGING GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...WEISS

321,0913 335,0870 322,0870 304,0913

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry and 4 more7 hr
Apr 2, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 26 more6 hr
Apr 3, 10:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton and 39 more6 hr
Apr 3, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Tallapoosa7 hr
Apr 3, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee and 15 more5 hr
Apr 2, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 12 more6 hr
Apr 3, 4:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 11 more5 hr
Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 13 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.