Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2001
Tornado Watch 5
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 19, 2001, 1:15 PM EST for 75 counties in Georgia; 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2001, 1:15 PM EST (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2001, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 79 counties
Atkinson County, GA, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Burke County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Candler County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Echols County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Grady County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Saluda County, SC
Warnings issued inside it
14 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 35 min |
| Jan 19, 2:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 41 min |
| Jan 19, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 34 min |
| Jan 19, 2:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McDuffie | 41 min |
| Jan 19, 2:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jan 19, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 45 min |
| Jan 19, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 36 min |
| Jan 19, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 37 min |
| Jan 19, 3:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 29 min |
| Jan 19, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 35 min |
| Jan 19, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 24 min |
| Jan 19, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 31 min |
| Jan 19, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 43 min |
| Jan 19, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 47 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
215 WWUS9 KMKC 191805 SEL5 SEL5 WWUS9 KMKC 191800 MKC WW 191800 GAZ000-SCZ000-192300- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 100 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF GEORGIA WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL 600 PM EST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MOULTRIE GEORGIA TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ATHENS GEORGIA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 3. WATCH NUMBER 3 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 115 PM EST. CONTINUE...WW 4... DISCUSSION...AIRMASS HAS DESTABILIZED FURTHER N INTO WRN SC AND WITH SURFACE LOW MOVING ENEWD ACROSS CENTRAL GA...POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL INCREASE NEWD. SHEAR PROFILES ARE VERY STRONG AND WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS INTO WRN SC. DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH SQUALL LINE. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050. ...HALES 341,0811 303,0825 303,0850 341,0833
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 11:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb and 66 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 14 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2001Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2001Every tornado watch in 2001
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.