Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 26
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 13, 2000, 5:30 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama; 14 counties in Florida; 64 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2000, 5:30 PM CST (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2000, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 83 counties
Barbour County, AL, Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Russell 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, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Grady County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
24 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Jackson, Washington | 68 min |
| Feb 13, 8:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Irwin | 44 min |
| Feb 13, 8:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur | 59 min |
| Feb 13, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 33 min |
| Feb 13, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Feb 13, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 31 min |
| Feb 13, 9:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Seminole | 27 min |
| Feb 13, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Seminole | 27 min |
| Feb 13, 9:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 32 min |
| Feb 13, 9:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 46 min |
| Feb 13, 10:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Miller | 42 min |
| Feb 13, 10:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 42 min |
| Feb 13, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 44 min |
| Feb 13, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 62 min |
| Feb 13, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 65 min |
| Feb 13, 10:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 49 min |
| Feb 13, 11:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell, Worth | 44 min |
| Feb 13, 11:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Miller | 41 min |
| Feb 13, 11:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 58 min |
| Feb 13, 11:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 46 min |
| Feb 13, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph | 42 min |
| Feb 13, 11:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 51 min |
| Feb 13, 11:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Thomas | 46 min |
| Feb 13, 11:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady | 46 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
389 WWUS9 KMKC 132310 SEL6 MKC WW 132310 FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-140600- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 26 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 610 PM EST SUN FEB 13 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM UNTIL 100 AM EST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MACON 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. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 23...WW 24...WW 25... DISCUSSION...CONVECTIVE CLUSTER INTENSIFYING AHEAD OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND AHEAD OF APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH. 50 KT LOW LEVEL JET WILL ENHANCE SHEAR AND INCREASE SUPERCELL POTENTIAL AS CAPES ABOVE 1000 J/KG. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035. ...ROGASH 330,0820 292,0833 292,0862 330,0845
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.