Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 792
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 9, 2000, 3:15 AM CST for 27 counties in Alabama; 53 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 9, 2000, 3:15 AM CST (09:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2000, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 80 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 5:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Nov 9, 7:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 31 min |
| Nov 9, 7:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 7:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton | 27 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
735 WWUS9 KMKC 090859 SEL2 SEL2 MKC WW 090855 ALZ000-GAZ000-091400- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 792 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 355 AM EST THU NOV 9 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALABAMA NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 415 AM UNTIL 900 AM EST. 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 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ROME 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 790. WATCH NUMBER 790 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 415 AM EST. CONTINUE...WW 791... DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AL...WITH NEW STORMS NOW DEVELOPING NEAR THE AL/GA BORDER. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN GA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH THE CONTINUED THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND 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 23035. ...HART 320,0872 350,0862 350,0831 320,0842
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 8, 11:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 9, 12:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 9, 4:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 9, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Henry, Houston | 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.