Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 809
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Dec 16, 2000, 10:45 AM CST for 18 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Florida; 28 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2000, 10:45 AM CST (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2000, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties
Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Harris County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Pike 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, Terrell County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA
Warnings issued inside it
14 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 11:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale | 29 min |
| Dec 16, 11:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 48 min |
| Dec 16, 12:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 38 min |
| Dec 16, 12:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 35 min |
| Dec 16, 12:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 41 min |
| Dec 16, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart | 25 min |
| Dec 16, 1:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 49 min |
| Dec 16, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 34 min |
| Dec 16, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 41 min |
| Dec 16, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 36 min |
| Dec 16, 2:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 48 min |
| Dec 16, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Miller | 23 min |
| Dec 16, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Early | 52 min |
| Dec 16, 3:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 36 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102 WWUS9 KMKC 161712 SEL9 MKC WW 161711 COR FOR START TIME... ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-162200- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 809 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1036 AM CST SAT DEC 16 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1045 AM UNTIL 400 PM CST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE 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 808... DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG DEEP-LAYER CONFLUENCE LINE ORIENTED NNE/SSW ACROSS REGION EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN WITH CONTINUED SURFACE HEATING. ARRIVAL OF STRONGER FLOW ALOFT WILL FURTHER LENGTHEN ALREADY-LONG HODOGRAPHS TO SUPPORT SUPERCELL POTENTIAL. TORNADIC THREAT MAY BE ENHANCED INVOF BACK-DOOR FRONT EDGING NWD ACROSS ERN AL/SW GA. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040. ...CORFIDI 331,0834 293,0844 293,0870 331,0861 N
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 10:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 16, 1:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Dec 16, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Dale, Geneva and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 16, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 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.