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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 9, 2000Clay County, Early County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 8:14 PM EDT for Clay County, Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2000, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2000, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clay County, GA, Early County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1311 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 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
1311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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 100015
SVRTLH
GAC061-099-100100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
814 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  EARLY COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 814 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS OVER HARRISONS MILL...OR
  ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF BLAKELY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLUFFTON...COLOMOKEE BY 815 PM EDT
  BLAKELY...EARLY CO A/P BY 820 PM EDT
  CUBA BY 825 PM EDT
  ROCK HILL `BY 835 PM EDT

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.


LAT...LON 3150 8481 3166 8501 3128 8507 3129 8482

GOULD
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEThomas59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.