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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 2000Butts County, Spalding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2000, 8:45 PM EDT for Butts County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
Apr 3, 2000, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2000, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Butts County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 2:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 249 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -346 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 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 040046
TORATL
GAC035-255-040115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
845 PM EDT MON APR 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF EAST GRIFFIN...OR     
  ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF GRIFFIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. 
  A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 13 MILES SOUTH OF ZEBULON IN  
  THE LAST FEW MINUTES.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF !THIS STORM INCLUDE JACKSON

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED! TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

LAT...LON 3324 8426 3318 8423 3328 8387 3336 8392

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson28 min
Apr 3, 8:26 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPike34 min
Apr 3, 9:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTalbot, Taylor, Upson37 min
Apr 3, 9:28 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMonroe17 min
Apr 3, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Putnam38 min
Apr 3, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper38 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.