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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 16, 2000Bleckley County, Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 16, 2000, 6:37 PM EST for Bleckley County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2000, 6:37 PM EST (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Dec 16, 2000, 7:00 PM EST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Pulaski County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 16, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2000-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2000-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 162338
TORATL

GAC023-235-170000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
637 PM EST SAT DEC 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 631 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER HAWKINSVILLE.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS     
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HAWKINSVILLE   
  AND COCHRAN.

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!

GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW!

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOOyDING...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 3230 8358 3217 8342 3244 8318 3257 8323

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 16, 1:50 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCStewart25 min
Dec 16, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattooga25 min
Dec 16, 4:45 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHaralson, Polk30 min
Dec 16, 5:44 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly31 min
Dec 16, 6:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd27 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.