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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 677

August 10, 200023 counties in Alabama; Dade County, Georgia; 20 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 10, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT for 23 counties in Alabama; Dade County, Georgia; 20 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Dade County, GA, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker48 min
Aug 10, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone62 min
Aug 10, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison45 min
Aug 10, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert67 min
Aug 10, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan62 min
Aug 10, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson44 min
Aug 10, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall66 min
Aug 10, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin55 min
Aug 10, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb34 min
Aug 10, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston62 min
Aug 10, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker32 min
Aug 10, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison30 min
Aug 10, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman56 min
Aug 10, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson35 min
Aug 10, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb60 min
Aug 10, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair43 min
Aug 10, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount39 min
Aug 10, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee64 min
Aug 10, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall29 min
Aug 10, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne55 min
Aug 10, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson39 min
Aug 10, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker65 min
Aug 10, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah62 min
Aug 10, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair59 min
Aug 10, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun52 min
Aug 10, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson57 min
Aug 10, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall38 min
Aug 10, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne50 min
Aug 10, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee52 min
Aug 10, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Oktibbeha39 min

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2216 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBurke, Jenkins, Richmond, Screven3 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.