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Tornado Watch 24

February 13, 200037 counties in Alabama; Heard County, Georgia; 30 counties in Mississippi

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 2:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler37 min
Feb 13, 2:43 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery62 min
Feb 13, 3:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock28 min
Feb 13, 3:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo36 min
Feb 13, 3:40 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBullock, Macon35 min
Feb 13, 3:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw36 min
Feb 13, 4:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes43 min
Feb 13, 4:10 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPike35 min
Feb 13, 4:15 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMacon30 min
Feb 13, 4:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox29 min
Feb 13, 4:26 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLee64 min
Feb 13, 4:37 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBullock38 min
Feb 13, 4:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds32 min
Feb 13, 5:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison45 min
Feb 13, 5:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Rankin35 min
Feb 13, 5:13 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBullock17 min
Feb 13, 5:18 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXRussell57 min
Feb 13, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott37 min
Feb 13, 5:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba35 min
Feb 13, 6:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba35 min
Feb 13, 6:37 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper23 min
Feb 13, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens52 min
Feb 13, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa52 min
Feb 13, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Noxubee33 min
Feb 13, 7:02 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens, Sumter28 min
Feb 13, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene25 min
Feb 13, 7:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson36 min
Feb 13, 7:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa40 min
Feb 13, 7:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale26 min
Feb 13, 7:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah, St. Clair32 min
Feb 13, 7:58 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa32 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2000-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2000-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 3:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more4 hr
Feb 13, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Dale, Henry, Houston, Russell7 hr
Feb 13, 1:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Coahoma and 24 more6 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2000Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2000Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2000Every tornado watch in 2000

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.