Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 83
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 10, 2000, 1:00 PM CST for 6 counties in Arkansas; 29 parishes in Louisiana; 26 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2000, 1:00 PM CST (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2000, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Union County, AR, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
Warnings issued inside it
72 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 1:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 17 min |
| Mar 10, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 1:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 26 min |
| Mar 10, 1:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 53 min |
| Mar 10, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 37 min |
| Mar 10, 1:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 1:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Mar 10, 1:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 48 min |
| Mar 10, 1:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 39 min |
| Mar 10, 1:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 36 min |
| Mar 10, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 34 min |
| Mar 10, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson | 55 min |
| Mar 10, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 2:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 54 min |
| Mar 10, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 39 min |
| Mar 10, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 2:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 43 min |
| Mar 10, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 3:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 26 min |
| Mar 10, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell | 34 min |
| Mar 10, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 48 min |
| Mar 10, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 3:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 64 min |
| Mar 10, 3:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 38 min |
| Mar 10, 3:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 26 min |
| Mar 10, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Richland | 39 min |
| Mar 10, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | LaSalle | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 36 min |
| Mar 10, 4:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 48 min |
| Mar 10, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 61 min |
| Mar 10, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 4:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 66 min |
| Mar 10, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 33 min |
| Mar 10, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 61 min |
| Mar 10, 4:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 5:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 48 min |
| Mar 10, 5:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 64 min |
| Mar 10, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 64 min |
| Mar 10, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 53 min |
| Mar 10, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 63 min |
| Mar 10, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 49 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
844 WWUS9 KMKC 101837 SEL3 SEL3 MKC WW 101837 ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-110100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 83 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1237 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL 700 PM CST. 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 125 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI. 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... CONTINUE...WW 82... DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN UNCAPPED AIR MASS. 18Z SOUNDING FROM SHREVEPORT SHOWED STRONG SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY. SHEAR PROFILES ARE NOT THAT STRONG...BUT DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY GIVEN FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMICS. 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 25030. ...VESCIO 333,0894 310,0892 310,0934 333,0940
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 35 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Clarke, Clay, Covington, Forrest, Greene and 26 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 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.