Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 89
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 10, 2000, 7:45 PM CST for 25 counties in Alabama; 42 counties in Georgia; Oconee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2000, 7:45 PM CST (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2000, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin 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, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin 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, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Oconee County, SC
Warnings issued inside it
15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 63 min |
| Mar 10, 9:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 64 min |
| Mar 10, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 9:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 9:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Polk | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 10:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 11:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pickens | 23 min |
| Mar 10, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 45 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
450 WWUS9 KMKC 110122 SEL9 SEL9 MKC WW 110122 ALZ000-GAZ000-110700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 722 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA NORTHERN AND WESTERN GEORGIA EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM UNTIL 100 AM CST. 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 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TROY ALABAMA TO 65 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ATHENS 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 85...WW 86...WW 87...WW 88... DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SHOW ROTATION AS THEY MOVE ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARIES IN MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. AREA VAD WINDS SHOWING VEERING AND INCREASING SPEED SHEAR WITH HEIGHT INDICATING A CONTINUED THREAT OF SUPERCELLS. 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 24035. ...ROGASH 345,0822 305,0860 305,0881 345,0844
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 11:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Butts, Clarke and 44 more | 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.