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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 11, 2000Berrien County, Lanier County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2000, 8:11 PM EST for Berrien County, Lanier 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2000, 8:11 PM EST (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2000, 8:55 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Berrien County, GA, Lanier County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2000-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1584 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1584 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 120112
SVRTLH
GAC019-173-120155-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
811 PM EST SAT MAR 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  LANIER COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 855 PM EST

* AT 811 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAY
  CITY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ADEL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RAY CITY...ALLENVILLE BY 814 PM EST
  TEETERVILLE BY 815 PM EST
  LAKELAND BY 820 PM EST
  COURTHOUSE BY 825 PM EST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE 
FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY 
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY 
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


LAT...LON 3114 8331 3104 8327 3104 8317 3096 8315
          3097 8299 3120 8298

VOLKMER
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 7:02 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEThomas28 min
Mar 11, 7:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur34 min
Mar 11, 7:28 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBrooks32 min
Mar 11, 8:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELowndes32 min
Mar 11, 9:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEThomas28 min
Mar 11, 9:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Lowndes27 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.