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Tornado Watch 46

March 3, 200143 counties in Georgia

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 7:11 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXCoffee49 min
Mar 3, 7:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXJeff Davis46 min
Mar 3, 9:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Early23 min
Mar 3, 9:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMiller, Seminole35 min
Mar 3, 9:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun32 min
Mar 3, 9:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur40 min
Mar 3, 9:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker23 min
Mar 3, 9:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty45 min
Mar 3, 9:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMitchell51 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2001-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 544 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2001-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 9:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 55 more5 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.