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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Columbia, SC

July 6, 2000Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2000, 10:19 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 6, 2000, 10:19 PM EDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2000, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Burke County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 10:40 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 60 EGirard, GAEM reported roof torn off trailer, trees down, and a shed blown onto a vehicle slightly injuring one person on River rd.

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 nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2000-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2938 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2000-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2938 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KCAE 070219
SVRCAE
GAC033-070300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1019 PM EDT THU JUL 6 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

* AT 1019 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GIRARD AT 1030 PM EDT 
  SARDIS AT 1045 PM EDT

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND 
POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. STAY INDOORS pAWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT ANY HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF
OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN COLUMBIA.

LAT...LON 3336 8208 3314 8168 3273 8142 3294 8182

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.