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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 13, 2000Montgomery County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 2000, 9:42 PM EST for Montgomery 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
Feb 13, 2000, 9:42 PM EST (02:42 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2000, 10:15 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 13, 6:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2000-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2000-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFFC 140246
SVRATL
GAC209-271-309-140315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
942 PM EST SUN FEB 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1015 PM EST

* AT 937 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCRAE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOUNT VERNON...GLENWOOD...
  ALAMO AND AILEY

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
Feb 13, 9:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler33 min
Feb 13, 10:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski32 min
Feb 13, 11:13 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCForsyth32 min
Feb 14, 12:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Morgan, Oconee, Walton23 min
Feb 14, 1:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Spalding32 min
Feb 14, 1:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike32 min
Feb 14, 2:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale27 min
Feb 14, 2:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts27 min
Feb 14, 2:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton27 min
Feb 14, 2:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Morgan, Newton33 min
Feb 14, 2:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Putnam33 min

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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.