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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 12, 20004 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2000, 4:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 12, 2000, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2000, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Mitchell County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1804 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1804 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 122044
SVRTLH
GAC007-037-095-205-122130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
441 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BAKER COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 441 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
  GROUP OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF GILLIONVILLE...OR    
  ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF ALBANY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
  LEARY...MILFORD
  DUCKER
  PRETORIA...WALKER
  NEWTON
  RED STORE CROSSROADS...LOCKETT CROSSING
  ALBANY...SOUTHWEST GA REGIONAL A/P

HAIL...INTENSE LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT.


LAT...LON 3161 8449 3130 8460 3124 8404 3158 8407

TREXLER
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELee, Terrell27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.