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Tornado Watch 27

February 13, 200037 counties in Alabama; Chattooga County, Floyd County, Walker County, Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 13, 2000, 8:00 PM CST for 37 counties in Alabama; Chattooga County, Floyd County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2000, 8:00 PM CST (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 2000, 1:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Butler County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Walker County, GA

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 8:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson42 min
Feb 13, 8:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Shelby44 min
Feb 13, 8:22 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes38 min
Feb 13, 8:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah, St. Clair35 min
Feb 13, 8:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, DeKalb35 min
Feb 13, 8:29 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWilcox31 min
Feb 13, 8:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, St. Clair, Talladega46 min
Feb 13, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes28 min
Feb 13, 9:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery26 min
Feb 13, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Cleburne47 min
Feb 13, 9:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa43 min
Feb 13, 10:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia36 min
Feb 13, 11:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Talladega43 min
Feb 13, 11:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia27 min
Feb 13, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Randolph50 min
Feb 13, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan35 min

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 00:00Z on 2000-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 779 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 446 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
779 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
446 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
561 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
15.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

953 
WWUS9 KMKC 140156 COR
SEL7  

SEL7  
MKC WW 140156 COR
ALZ000-140700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 27
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
756 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2000

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

MUCH OF ALABAMA

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 800 PM UNTIL
100 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SELMA ALABAMA TO 45
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE 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 24...WW 25...WW 26...WW
27...

DISCUSSION...CONVECTIVE CLUSTER WITH A HISTORY OF TORNADOES
CONTINUES MOVING EAST AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER TROUGH. MODERATE
INSTABILITY AND STRONG WIND SHEAR INDICATE CONTINUED THREAT OF
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...ROGASH

345,0845 310,0863 310,0883 345,0870

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 8:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Franklin6 hr
Feb 13, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington, Dale and 9 more6 hr
Feb 14, 2:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Bryan and 27 more6 hr
Feb 14, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Richmond, Screven5 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.