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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 13, 2000Morgan County, Oconee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2000, 5:58 PM EDT for Morgan County, Oconee County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2000, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 794 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -131 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.5

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The text

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

856 
WUUS52 KFFC 132158
SVRATL
GAC211-219-132230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
558 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF BOSTWICK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MADISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BISHOP

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene33 min
May 13, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones33 min
May 13, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro27 min

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.