Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 87
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 10, 2000, 5:45 PM CST for 38 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Georgia; 32 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2000, 5:45 PM CST (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2000, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties
Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Winston County, AL, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Amite County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Greene County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Marion County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Winston County, MS
Warnings issued inside it
62 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 33 min |
| Mar 10, 6:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 6:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 53 min |
| Mar 10, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Mar 10, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton | 41 min |
| Mar 10, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 6:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 23 min |
| Mar 10, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 6:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 43 min |
| Mar 10, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 23 min |
| Mar 10, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Mar 10, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 39 min |
| Mar 10, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 67 min |
| Mar 10, 7:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 34 min |
| Mar 10, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 7:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 34 min |
| Mar 10, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 24 min |
| Mar 10, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 59 min |
| Mar 10, 8:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 8:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 8:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 38 min |
| Mar 10, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 8:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 33 min |
| Mar 10, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 8:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Marengo | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 9:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 41 min |
| Mar 10, 9:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BHM | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 24 min |
| Mar 10, 9:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Mar 10, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 25 min |
| Mar 10, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 9:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 53 min |
| Mar 10, 9:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 53 min |
| Mar 10, 9:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 18 min |
| Mar 10, 9:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Mar 10, 9:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 14 min |
| Mar 10, 9:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 9:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 23 min |
| Mar 10, 9:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 9:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 19 min |
| Mar 10, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Polk | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 41 min |
| Mar 10, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 29 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
211 WWUS9 KMKC 102331 SEL7 SEL7 MKC WW 102331 ALZ000-MSZ000-110500- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 87 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 531 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 545 PM UNTIL 1100 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 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 83...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 84. WATCH NUMBER 83...84 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 545 PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 85...WW 86... DISCUSSION...CONVECTIVE CLUSTER WITH MESOCYCLONES CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WHERE CAPES EXCEED 3000 J/KG. INCREASING MID LEVEL FLOW WILL PROVIDE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARIES. 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035. ...ROGASH 350,0844 305,0881 305,0911 350,0875
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert, Dallas, Escambia and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Wilkinson | 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.