Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 16, 2000, 7:25 PM CST for Henry County, Houston County, Alabama; Early County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2000, 7:25 PM CST (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2000, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Early County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 7:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, AL | Numerous trees and power lines down. Reported by the Houston County EMA. |
| Dec 16, 8:05 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Southeast Portion, GA | Several trees and power lines down on U.S. Highway 27 and State Highway 200. Reported by the Early County EMA. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTAE 170126 SVRTLH ALC067-069-GAC061-099-170215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 825 PM EST SAT DEC 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA HOUSTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA CLAY COUNTY IN GEORGIA EARLY COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 915 PM EST(815 PM CST)... * AT 825 PM EST(725 PM CST) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 4 MILES NORTH OF PLEASANT PLAINS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF HEADLAND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WILLIAMS...PLEASANT PLAINS BY 725 PM CST... ROCK HILL...FREEMAN BY 830 PM EST... BLAKELY...KOLOMOKI MOUNDS SP BY 840 PM EST... COLOMOKEE BY 845 PM 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. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LAT...LzON 3144 8528 3127 8523 3128 8476 3162 8500 .END 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 6:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 29 min |
| Dec 16, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Worth | 34 min |
| Dec 16, 7:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay | 50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.