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Tornado Watch 136

March 29, 20005 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 29, 2000, 6:00 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2000, 6:00 PM CST (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2000, 12:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties

Baldwin County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 6:40 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEGulf65 min
Mar 29, 6:40 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay65 min
Mar 29, 7:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Liberty48 min

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 00:00Z on 2000-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 868 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 00:00Z on 2000-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
868 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
433 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 11:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon and 3 more6 hr
Mar 30, 4:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 18 more5 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.