Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2000, 1:36 PM EDT for Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 4 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
- Apr 24, 2000, 1:36 PM EDT (17:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2000, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Valdosta, GA | The Lowndes County EMA reported numerous downed trees and power lines blocked several roads in and around Valdosta. A mobile home tipped over in high winds while transported on Perimeter Road and blocked traffic for several hours. A few small businesses suffer |
| Apr 24, 1:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Naylor, GA | The Lowndes County EMA reported trees and power lines down at GA 129 and Good Hope Circle. |
| Apr 24, 1:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Valdosta, GA | The Lowndes County EMA reported trees and power lines down on GA 94 near the Lowndes-Echols county line. |
| Apr 24, 1:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton, GA | The Lanier County EMA reported downed trees and power lines with scattered power outages. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 12:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTAE 241738 SVRTLH GAC173-185-241800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 136 PM EDT MON APR 24 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LANIER COUNTY IN GEORGIA EAST LOWNDES COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 200 PM EDT * AT 136 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DELMAR...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF VALDOSTA... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DELMAR BY 138 PM EDT NAYLOR...MONKS CROSSING BY 142 PM EDT 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 3095 8317 3078) 8313 3085 8310 3105 8298 TREXLER NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Seminole | 27 min |
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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.