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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 707

August 25, 200027 counties in Florida; 12 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 25, 2000, 2:15 PM EDT for 27 counties in Florida; 12 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2000, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Levy County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Echols County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Ware County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

18 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon50 min
Aug 25, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson50 min
Aug 25, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClinch, Echols, Ware61 min
Aug 25, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon, Wakulla41 min
Aug 25, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCharlton55 min
Aug 25, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla33 min
Aug 25, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXDuval60 min
Aug 25, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson33 min
Aug 25, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSuwannee62 min
Aug 25, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSaint Johns41 min
Aug 25, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXColumbia61 min
Aug 25, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson45 min
Aug 25, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXUnion45 min
Aug 25, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXClay54 min
Aug 25, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin39 min
Aug 25, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun34 min
Aug 25, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPutnam55 min
Aug 25, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXFlagler46 min

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 74 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 594 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.