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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 16, 2000, 1:50 PM EST for Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2000, 1:50 PM EST (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2000, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Stewart County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Richland, GA | The Stewart county emergency manager reported that power lines were down and there was debris on one of the roads which passes through the Hannahatchee Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA). It was initially believed to have been a tornado, but there was no co |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 11:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 161850
TORATL
GAC259-161915-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
150 PM EST SAT DEC 16 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 215 PM EST
* AT 145 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LUMPKIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...THIS DANGEROUS
STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RICHLAND AND
LUMPKIN.
IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3191 8510 3179 8495 3203 8466 3221 8467
3221 8488The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 25 min |
| Dec 16, 4:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 30 min |
| Dec 16, 5:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 31 min |
| Dec 16, 6:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 27 min |
| Dec 16, 6:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 23 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.