Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 95
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 16, 2000, 2:00 PM EST for 20 counties in Florida; 47 counties in Georgia; Beaufort County, Hampton County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2000, 2:00 PM EST (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2000, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 70 counties
Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Levy County, FL, Madison County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Cook County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Pierce, Ware | 28 min |
| Mar 16, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 4:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce, Wayne | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 4:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Wayne | 47 min |
| Mar 16, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 5:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 51 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
445 WWUS9 KMKC 161829 SEL5 SEL5 MKC WW 161829 FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-170100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 95 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 129 PM EST THU MAR 16 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL 800 PM EST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 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 40 MILES SOUTH OF GAINESVILLE FLORIDA TO 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAVANNAH 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 94... DISCUSSION...INTENSE MESOSYSTEM OVER NWRN FL AND SWRN GA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EWD AND DEVELOP NEWD WITH TIME. BOW ECHO OVER PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA IS LIKELY TO MOVE EWD ACROSS NRN FL AND POSSIBLY SERN GA WITH RISK OF WIND DAMAGE INCREASING. EMBEDDED MESOCYCLONES AND ISOLATED SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF LINE ARE POSSIBLE WITH A RISK OF TORNADOES. WWS MAY BE REQUIRED FARTHER NE OVER ERN CAROLINAS AS AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035. ...JOHNS 290,0834 324,0833 324,0802 290,0804
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 9:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.