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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 13, 2000Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2000, 7:12 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2000, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Jones County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.

107 
WUUS52 KFFC 132313
SVRATL
GAC169-132345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF GRAY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST
  OF FORSYTH...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DAMES FERRY...
  EAST JULIETTE...ROUND OAK...AND WAYSIDE.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM
PASSES.

IF YOU SEE DAMAGE OR LARGE HAIL...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 7 7 0 4 8 6 1 1 3 3 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee32 min
May 13, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene33 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.