Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2000, 5:28 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2000, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Bartow County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 5:30 PM EDT | Hail 2.75 | Cartersville, GA | Numerous reports from the public indicated large hail continued in the Cartersville area. Most reports were of dime to golf ball size, but one indicated baseball size hail. A window was broken southeast of Cartersville. |
| May 20, 5:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cartersville, GA | The public reported thunderstorm winds knocked down a privacy fence and several trees, and caused roof damage between Euharlee and Cartersville. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
867 WUUS52 KFFC 202129 SVRATL GAC015-202200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 528 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARTERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KINGSTON 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. LAT...LON 3421 8500 3408 8484 3425 8465 3439 8465
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 33 min |
| May 20, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 29 min |
| May 20, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 28 min |
| May 20, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Polk | 27 min |
| May 20, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 48 min |
| May 20, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.