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Tornado Watch 105

March 19, 200031 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 19, 2000, 12:45 PM CST for 31 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Florida. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2000, 12:45 PM CST (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2000, 7:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 1:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBClarke2 hr
Mar 19, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox27 min
Mar 19, 3:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox36 min
Mar 19, 3:33 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBHMDallas, Perry3 hr
Mar 19, 3:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas31 min
Mar 19, 3:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton52 min
Mar 19, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh25 min
Mar 19, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore67 min
Mar 19, 4:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery51 min
Mar 19, 5:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh27 min
Mar 19, 5:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw34 min
Mar 19, 5:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Macon, Tallapoosa66 min
Mar 19, 6:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Lee24 min
Mar 19, 6:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Lee, Macon, Russell49 min
Mar 19, 6:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa34 min
Mar 19, 6:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington32 min

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2000-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 562 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
562 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
746 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WWUS9 KMKC 191823
MKC WW 191823
ALZ000-FLZ000-CWZ000-200100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 105
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1223 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHERN ALABAMA                            
   THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA                            
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1245 PM UNTIL 700
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO
70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MOBILE ALABAMA TO
25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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 104...

DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT AND STRONGLY DYNAMIC UPPER TROUGH
APPROACHING WATCH AREA WHERE AIR MASS UNSTABLE PER 1000 TO 2000
J/KG CAPES. APPROACHING MID LEVEL SPEED MAX CROSSING 40 KT LOW
LEVEL JET WILL PROVIDE FAVORABLE SHEAR FOR ISOLATED
TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARIES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...ROGASH

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 8:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Washington6 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.