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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 9, 2000Chattahoochee County, Marion County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2000, 11:28 AM EST for Chattahoochee County, Marion County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2000, 11:28 AM EST (16:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2000, 12:00 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 9, 11:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 417 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 091629
TORATL

GAC053-197-215-091700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1128 AM EST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL NOON EST

* AT 1123 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY.  THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RURAL
NORTHWESTERN MARQION COUNTY AND RURAL NORTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE
COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER NOW.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 3:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd35 min
Nov 9, 8:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding31 min
Nov 9, 8:23 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton37 min
Nov 9, 8:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton27 min
Nov 9, 11:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart41 min

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.