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Tornado Watch 25
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 24 min |
| Feb 13, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 29 min |
| Feb 13, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson | 26 min |
| Feb 13, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 26 min |
| Feb 13, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 35 min |
| Feb 13, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 35 min |
| Feb 13, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 64 min |
| Feb 13, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 30 min |
| Feb 13, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon | 30 min |
| Feb 13, 6:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner | 4 hr |
| Feb 13, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 45 min |
| Feb 13, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 26 min |
| Feb 13, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 26 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 | Walker, Winston | 52 min |
| Feb 13, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 15 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 31 more | 6 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.