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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 13, 2000Hancock County, Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT for Hancock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2000, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, GA, Warren County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 635 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
635 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

406 
WUUS52 KFFC 140002
SVRATL
GAC141-301-140045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 801 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF
  SPARTA TO 7 MILES WEST OF SPARTA TO 16 MILES WEST OF SPARTA...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WARRENTON

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, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington35 min
May 13, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel47 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.