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Tornado Watch 146

April 2, 200020 counties in Alabama

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 2, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT for 20 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes	65 min
Apr 2, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	64 min
Apr 2, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	61 min
Apr 2, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	61 min
Apr 2, 7:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon	54 min
Apr 2, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	17 min
Apr 2, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	64 min

The text

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

000 
WWUS9 KMKC 022135
MKC WW 022135
ALZ000-030300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 146
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
435 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2000

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

   CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA                            

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 500 PM UNTIL 1000
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SELMA ALABAMA TO 25
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF AUBURN 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 144...WW 145...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ALONG BOUNDARY INTO
WATCH AREA WHERE COMBINATION OF INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL
SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY ALSO
INDICATES POSSIBLE INCREASE IN CONVECTION DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 TOP&S TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.

...ROGASH

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter and 1 more	6 hr

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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.