Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2000, 6:26 AM CST for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
- Nov 9, 2000, 6:26 AM CST (12:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2000, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Geneva County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 6:45 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellwood, AL | Trees and power lines down north of Highway 41 on Highway 167. Reported by the Geneva County EMA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 4:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
249 WFUS52 KTAE 091226 TORTLH ALC061-091300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 626 AM CST THU NOV 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES GENEVA... * UNTIL 700 AM CST... * AT 621 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HARTFORD BY 645 AM CST... SLOCOMB BY 700 AM CST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA AND FLORIDA AND GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3100 8594 3101 8554 3119 8550 3120 8572 .END 12-WATSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 6:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Houston | 45 min |
| Nov 9, 7:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 42 min |
| Nov 9, 9:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 44 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.