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Tornado Watch 203

April 24, 20005 counties in Alabama; 13 counties in Florida; 13 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 24, 2000, 6:45 AM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; 13 counties in Florida; 13 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2000, 6:45 AM CDT (11:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2000, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 31 counties

Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 7:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Washington	67 min

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 99 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.

403 
WWUS9 KMKC 241134
SEL3  

SEL3  
MKC WW 241134
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-241600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 203
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
734 AM EDT MON APR 24 2000

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

   SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA                            
   THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA                            
   SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA                            
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 745 AM UNTIL NOON EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO
40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MOULTRIE GEORGIA.

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.


DISCUSSION...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOWING BOTH BOW ECHO STRUCTURE
AND ROTATION INDICATING POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040.


...ROGASH

313,0860 313,0833 293,0833 293,0860

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Greene, Sumter	4 hr
Apr 24, 11:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Geneva, Houston	5 hr
Apr 24, 12:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Columbia, Nassau	6 hr
Apr 24, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 9 more	5 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Florida, 2000 Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2000 Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2000 Every tornado watch in 2000

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.