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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 13, 2000Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 2000, 9:16 PM EST for Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2000, 9:16 PM EST (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2000, 10:00 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Irwin County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 13, 6:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2000-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2000-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 140218
SVRTLH
GAC155-140300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
916 PM EST SUN FEB 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  IRWIN COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1000 PM EST

* AT 916 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  WATERLOO...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WATERLOO BY 910 PM EST
  IRWINVILLE...PINETTA BY 920 PM EST
  MYSTIC BY 925 PM EST
  OCILLA...FITZGERALD MUNI A/P BY 930 PM mEST
  HOLT BY 935 PM EST

THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 
MPH AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL.



WATSON
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 9:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur59 min
Feb 13, 10:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESeminole27 min
Feb 13, 10:18 PM ESTTornado WarningTAESeminole27 min
Feb 13, 10:44 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole46 min
Feb 13, 11:18 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Miller42 min
Feb 13, 11:18 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEMitchell42 min
Feb 13, 11:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Seminole65 min
Feb 14, 12:01 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Mitchell, Worth44 min
Feb 14, 12:04 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBaker, Decatur, Miller41 min
Feb 14, 12:29 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEDecatur, Grady46 min
Feb 14, 12:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Quitman, Randolph42 min
Feb 14, 12:39 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEMitchell51 min
Feb 14, 12:59 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Thomas46 min
Feb 14, 12:59 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEGrady46 min
Feb 14, 1:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAERandolph, Terrell31 min
Feb 14, 1:32 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEColquitt, Cook, Tift43 min
Feb 14, 1:32 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEWorth43 min
Feb 14, 2:04 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEColquitt26 min
Feb 14, 2:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien44 min
Feb 14, 2:20 AM ESTTornado WarningTAECook25 min
Feb 14, 3:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEThomas42 min

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.