Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 6
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 3, 2000, 12:00 PM CST for 5 parishes in Louisiana; 46 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2000, 12:00 PM CST (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2000, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties
Avoyelles Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
Warnings issued inside it
19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 12:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 28 min |
| Jan 3, 12:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 24 min |
| Jan 3, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 12:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 24 min |
| Jan 3, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 49 min |
| Jan 3, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| Jan 3, 1:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 43 min |
| Jan 3, 2:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 43 min |
| Jan 3, 2:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 3:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 32 min |
| Jan 3, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| Jan 3, 3:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jan 3, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 47 min |
| Jan 3, 4:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 39 min |
| Jan 3, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 41 min |
| Jan 3, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 30 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
482 WWUS9 KMKC 031738 COR SEL6 MKC WW 031738 COR LAZ000-MSZ000-040000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1138 AM CST MON JAN 3 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM NOON CST UNTIL 600 PM CST. TORNADOES...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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI. 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 4...WW 5...WW 6... DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY ACROSS NW MS/SERN LA. AIR MASS CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE WITH SBCAPE TO 1500 J/KG ACROSS MS WHERE VETICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. 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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040. ...MCCARTHY 373,0854 394,0844 394,0821 373,0832
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Leflore, Marshall, Panola and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 3, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clarke, Jasper, Jones, Kemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee and 1 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.