Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches in 2001
Tornado Watch 66
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 14, 2001, 9:30 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2001, 9:30 PM CST (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2001, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties
Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Muscogee County, GA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, Clarke County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 14 min |
| Mar 14, 10:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 64 min |
| Mar 14, 11:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Saint Charles | 58 min |
| Mar 15, 12:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 12:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 1:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 1:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 2:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 42 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 749 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS9 KMKC 150327 SEL6 SEL6 MKC WW 150316 ALZ000-FLZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-150900- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 916 PM CST WED MAR 14 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM UNTIL 300 AM CST. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DAMAGING TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BOOTHVILLE LOUISIANA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF SELMA 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 64...WW 65 DISCUSSION...LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW SURFACE WARM FRONT ATTM ABOUT 60 NMI S OF MOBILE BAY...MOVING NWD AT ABOUT 25-30 KTS. PRESSURE FALL AXIS OVER SE LA/AL SUGGESTS CONTINUED NWD MOTION NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ALLOWING AIR MASS RECOVERY ALONG THE CNTRL GULF COAST. THREAT WILL INCREASE FOR SURFACE-BASED SUPERCELLS NEXT FEW HOURS AS SW MID LEVEL FLOW REMAINS AOA 80 KT...AND LOW LEVEL WINDS VEER TO A MORE SLY COMPONENT. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMUhLONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045. ...CORFIDI ;324,0844 285,0871 285,0911 324,0885;
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 1:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Covington and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 9 more | 5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.