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Tornado Watch 6

January 3, 20005 parishes in Louisiana; 46 counties in Mississippi

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 12:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore28 min
Jan 3, 12:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas24 min
Jan 3, 12:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison35 min
Jan 3, 12:51 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSunflower24 min
Jan 3, 1:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore49 min
Jan 3, 1:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren28 min
Jan 3, 1:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo36 min
Jan 3, 2:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes43 min
Jan 3, 2:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds43 min
Jan 3, 2:35 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo25 min
Jan 3, 2:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Carroll36 min
Jan 3, 3:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison27 min
Jan 3, 3:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw32 min
Jan 3, 3:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison29 min
Jan 3, 3:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln37 min
Jan 3, 4:08 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson47 min
Jan 3, 4:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith39 min
Jan 3, 5:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton41 min
Jan 3, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton30 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 379 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Leflore, Marshall, Panola and 6 more6 hr
Jan 3, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette and 12 more5 hr
Jan 3, 5:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Jasper, Jones, Kemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee and 1 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.