Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 84
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 10, 2000, 2:00 PM CST for 24 counties in Alabama; 41 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2000, 2:00 PM CST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2000, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties
Bibb County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Winston County, AL, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Greene County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
54 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 2:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 32 min |
| Mar 10, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 48 min |
| Mar 10, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 33 min |
| Mar 10, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 34 min |
| Mar 10, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 39 min |
| Mar 10, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 34 min |
| Mar 10, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 36 min |
| Mar 10, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 35 min |
| Mar 10, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 35 min |
| Mar 10, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 48 min |
| Mar 10, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 4:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 4:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 4:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Tuscaloosa | 26 min |
| Mar 10, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 4:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 4:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 4:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 24 min |
| Mar 10, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 4:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 23 min |
| Mar 10, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 36 min |
| Mar 10, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 35 min |
| Mar 10, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 33 min |
| Mar 10, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 43 min |
| Mar 10, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 32 min |
| Mar 10, 5:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 26 min |
| Mar 10, 5:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 53 min |
| Mar 10, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 37 min |
| Mar 10, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 32 min |
| Mar 10, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 32 min |
| Mar 10, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 33 min |
| Mar 10, 6:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton | 41 min |
| Mar 10, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 6:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 23 min |
| Mar 10, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 43 min |
| Mar 10, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 23 min |
| Mar 10, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 49 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
983 WWUS9 KMKC 101919 SEL4 SEL4 MKC WW 101919 ALZ000-MSZ000-110100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 84 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 119 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN ALABAMA EASTERN MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 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 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAUREL 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...WW 83... DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON IN VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS...CHARACTERIZED BY STEEP LAPSE RATES. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH STRONGEST ACTIVITY. 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 24025. ...VESCIO 350,0870 310,0870 310,0894 350,0895
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Wilkinson | 6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.