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Tornado Watch 25

February 13, 20009 counties in Alabama; 13 counties in Mississippi; 34 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 13, 2000, 3:45 PM CST for 9 counties in Alabama; 13 counties in Mississippi; 34 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2000, 3:45 PM CST (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2000, 8:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Marion County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 4:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Humphreys24 min
Feb 13, 5:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson29 min
Feb 13, 5:19 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Williamson26 min
Feb 13, 5:19 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson26 min
Feb 13, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson35 min
Feb 13, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner, Wilson35 min
Feb 13, 5:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale64 min
Feb 13, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner, Trousdale, Wilson30 min
Feb 13, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon30 min
Feb 13, 6:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner4 hr
Feb 13, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence, Limestone, Morgan45 min
Feb 13, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Wilson26 min
Feb 13, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford26 min
Feb 13, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens52 min
Feb 13, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker, Winston52 min
Feb 13, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone15 min

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2000-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2000-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 656 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
656 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
708 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.

942 
WWUS9 KMKC 132117
SEL5  

SEL5  
MKC WW 132117
ALZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-140200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
317 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2000

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

   NORTHWEST ALABAMA                            
   NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI                        
   MIDDLE TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL 800
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI TO 40
MILES NORTHWEST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.

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...WW 24...

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE ORGANIZING OVER NRN MS WILL MOVE NEWD INTO
MIDDLE TN/NW AL DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR
WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN THREAT.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25050.


...VESCIO

363,0855 334,0871 334,0894 363,0883

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 31 more6 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

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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.