Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 136
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 7:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty | 48 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 18 more | 5 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.