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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 13, 2000Greene County, Hancock County, Taliaferro County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2000, 7:33 PM EDT for Greene County, Hancock County, Taliaferro County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.

055 
WUUS52 KFFC 132333
SVRATL
GAC133-141-265-140000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF WHITE PLAINS...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SILOAM AND CRAWFORDVILLE

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, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones33 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.