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Tornado Watch 158

April 3, 200050 counties in Georgia; 18 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 3, 2000, 9:00 PM EDT for 50 counties in Georgia; 18 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2000, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2000, 3:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 68 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Burke County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Hart County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 9:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Talbot, Taylor, Upson	37 min
Apr 3, 9:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Monroe	17 min
Apr 3, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Jones, Putnam	38 min
Apr 3, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper	38 min

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 289 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 198 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.

480 
WWUS9 KMKC 040040
SEL8  
MKC WW 040035
GAZ000-SCZ000-040700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 158
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
835 PM EDT MON APR 3 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA                            
   WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA                     

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM UNTIL
300 AM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO
70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH OF MACON GEORGIA TO 25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SPARTANBURG SOUTH CAROLINA.

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 156...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 157.  WATCH NUMBER 156...157 WILL
NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 900 PM EDT.

DISCUSSION...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY
AND AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER TROUGH INTO WATCH AREA. WHILE INSTABILITY
IS MARGINAL...STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR INDICATES POTENTIAL FOR
SHALLOW SUPERCELLS WITH A FEW BRIEF TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...ROGASH

351,0803 315,0823 315,0844 351,0824

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.