Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.