Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 24
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 13, 2000, 2:30 PM CST for 37 counties in Alabama; Heard County, Georgia; 30 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2000, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2000, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Heard County, GA, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
Warnings issued inside it
31 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 37 min |
| Feb 13, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 62 min |
| Feb 13, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 28 min |
| Feb 13, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 36 min |
| Feb 13, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 35 min |
| Feb 13, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 36 min |
| Feb 13, 4:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 43 min |
| Feb 13, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 35 min |
| Feb 13, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 30 min |
| Feb 13, 4:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 29 min |
| Feb 13, 4:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 64 min |
| Feb 13, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 38 min |
| Feb 13, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| Feb 13, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 45 min |
| Feb 13, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 35 min |
| Feb 13, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 17 min |
| Feb 13, 5:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 57 min |
| Feb 13, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 37 min |
| Feb 13, 5:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 35 min |
| Feb 13, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 35 min |
| Feb 13, 6:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 23 min |
| Feb 13, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens | 52 min |
| Feb 13, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 52 min |
| Feb 13, 6:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 33 min |
| Feb 13, 7:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Sumter | 28 min |
| Feb 13, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 25 min |
| Feb 13, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Feb 13, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 40 min |
| Feb 13, 7:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 26 min |
| Feb 13, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 32 min |
| Feb 13, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 32 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
256 WWUS9 KMKC 132023 SEL4 SEL4 MKC WW 132023 ALZ000-MSZ000-140200- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 24 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 223 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA EASTERN MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 800 PM CST. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE 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 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES EAST 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 23... DISCUSSION...VERY FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS HAVE SPREAD OVER THE REGION AHEAD OF UPPER TROUGH. LATEST VWP FROM BIRMINGHAM YIELDS 0-3 KM HELICITY OF 500 M2/S2 SUGGESTING THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES. 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. ...VESCIO 313,0850 313,0903 334,0903 334,0850
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 13, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Dale, Henry, Houston, Russell | 7 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Coahoma and 24 more | 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.