Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2001
Tornado Watch 46
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 3, 2001, 7:00 PM EST for 43 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2001, 7:00 PM EST (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2001, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties
Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA
Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 7:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 7:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Jeff Davis | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 9:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 9:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Miller, Seminole | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 9:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 9:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 9:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 9:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 9:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 51 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 9:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 55 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
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.