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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 152
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 4:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Richland | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 6:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 6:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 80 min |
| Apr 3, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 7:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 7:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 45 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 13 more | 5 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.