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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 23, 2000Decatur County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2000, 9:11 PM EDT for Decatur County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2000, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Decatur County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 9:20 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, GANumerous trees and power lines down. Reported by Decatur County 911.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2000-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 614 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2000-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
614 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 240112
SVRTLH
GAC087-240145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
911 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 911 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 4 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BAINBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BAINBRIDGE...BY 920 PM EDT
  CLIMAX BY 930 PM EDT

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.


LAT...LON 3086 8438 3094 8454 3093 8460 3088 8462
          3081 8468 3078 8463 3075 8460 3070 8451
 2         3070 8438

TURNAGE
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEThomas46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.