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Tornado Watch 148
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 2, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 10 parishes in Louisiana; 31 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2000, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties
Choctaw County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Ascension Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS
Warnings issued inside it
45 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Apr 2, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 58 min |
| Apr 2, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 67 min |
| Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 96 min |
| Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Marengo | 61 min |
| Apr 2, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 20 min |
| Apr 2, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 68 min |
| Apr 3, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 40 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 2143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
068 WWUS9 KMKC 030010 SEL8 SEL8 MKC WW 030010 ALZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-030700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 148 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 710 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM UNTIL 200 AM 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 65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CENTREVILLE 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 145. WATCH NUMBER 145 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 730 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 146...WW 147... DISCUSSION...MULTICELL CONVECTIVE CLUSTER WITH EMBEDDED MESOCYCLONES CONTINUES MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WITH CELLS SHOWING ENHANCED ROTATION ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY. CAPES RANGE FROM 2000 TO 3000 J/KG BENEATH 50 TO 60 MID LEVEL FLOW INDICATING THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AND SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND EVENTS. 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 TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035. ...ROGASH 320,0870 295,0913 314,0913 340,0870
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Pickens and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 13 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.