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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2000, 6:54 PM EDT for Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2000, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Thomas County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, GA | A severe thunderstorm downed numerous trees and power lines. Several homes and vehicles were damaged by fallen trees and limbs in Thomasville. Power outages affected more than 6,000 residences. Lightning struck several trees setting them ablaze in Thomasvil |
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 nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 646 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
168 WUUS52 KTAE 222254 SVRTLH GAC275-230000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 654 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... THOMAS COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 654 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF THOMASVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... THOMASVILLE...DAWESVILLE BY 655 PM EDT NEWARK...DILLON BY 700 PM EDT COOLIDGE...MERRILLVILLE BY 705 PM EDT PATTEN BY 710 PM EDT BOSTON BY 715 PM EDT THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 3098 8401 3074 8404 3072 8376 3103 8378 GOULD NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.