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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 16, 2000Crisp County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 16, 2000, 7:48 PM EST for Crisp County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Dec 16, 2000, 7:48 PM EST (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Dec 16, 2000, 8:30 PM EST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Crisp County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 16, 8:00 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Coney, GA	The Crisp county 911 center reported that trees were blown down on Lakeshore Way along Lake Blackshear on the western border of the county.
Dec 16, 8:20 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Arabi, GA	The Crisp county 911 center reported that trees were blown down 2 miles north of Arabi and a power line was down in Cordele.

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, 5:00 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.5
Supercell composite: 8.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 170049
TORATL

GAC081-315-170130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 830 PM EST

* AT 742 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORDELE.  THIS            
  DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ROCHELLE.

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!

VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY MAKE THIS TORNADO INVISIBLE - TAKE COVER NOW! IF
YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO
A SAFE PLACE.

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.

LATV...LON 3188 8395 3173 8381 3192 8328 3210 8346

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 16, 7:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dooly	37 min
Dec 16, 7:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Pulaski	28 min
Dec 16, 7:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Murray	36 min
Dec 16, 7:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Whitfield	34 min
Dec 16, 8:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Laurens	34 min
Dec 16, 8:28 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dodge, Wilcox	47 min
Dec 16, 8:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington	24 min
Dec 16, 9:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	26 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.