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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 14, 2000Clay County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 14, 2000, 12:33 AM EST for Clay County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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
Feb 14, 2000, 12:33 AM EST (05:33 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 2000, 1:15 AM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph 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
Feb 13, 11:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 140534
SVRTLH
GAC061-239-243-140615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1233 AM EST MON FEB 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  QUITMAN COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 115 AM EST

* AT 1233 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES
  SOUTH OF WIRE BRIDGE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN...
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COTTON HILL...WATSON CROSSROADS BY 1235 AM EST
  COLEMAN...MORRIS BY 1240 AM EST
  RANDOLPH CO A/P...SPRINGVALE BY 1245 AM EST
  CUTHBERT...WHITE HOUSE BY 1250 AM EST
  BENEVOLENCE...PACHITLA BY 1255 AM EST

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM...BUT BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING CONDITIONS.


LAT...LON 3193 8514 3165 8507 3166 8458 3192 8463

WATSON
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 9:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEIrwin44 min
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, 12:39 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.