Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 105
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 1:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 3:33 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BHM | Dallas, Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 3:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 67 min |
| Mar 19, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 51 min |
| Mar 19, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Tallapoosa | 66 min |
| Mar 19, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 24 min |
| Mar 19, 6:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 6:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 32 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.
- 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
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 ;324,0883 324,0850 300,0850 2300,0883;
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 8:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Washington | 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.