Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 156
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 3, 2000, 1:30 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2000, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 77 counties
Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Macon County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Bradley County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Polk County, TN
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Tallapoosa | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pike | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Spalding | 30 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
686 WWUS9 KMKC 031747 SEL6 SEL6 MKC WW 031747 ALZ000-GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-TNZ000-040100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 156 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 147 PM EDT MON APR 3 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA EXTREME NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 900 PM EDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA GRANGE GEORGIA TO 75 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 155... DISCUSSION...WELL-DEFINED SQUALL LINE WITH NUMEROUS EMBEDDED MESOCYCLONES IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NEWD TOWARD THE SRN APPALACHIANS THROUGH THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS WILL ALLOW SQUALL LINE TO REMAIN INTENSE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED CELLS TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE. STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040. ...VESCIO 352,0823 324,0832 324,0860 352,0852
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Pickens and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 48 more | 5 hr |
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.