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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 20, 2000Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2000, 5:42 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 20, 2000, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 20, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2000-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 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 2000-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
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

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The text

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

879 
WUUS52 KFFC 202144
SVRATL
GAC057-202230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
542 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALESKA...OR ABOUT 4
  MILES NORTHEAST OF CARTERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE         
  HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

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 20, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd33 min
May 20, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk29 min
May 20, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer28 min
May 20, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Polk27 min
May 20, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow32 min
May 20, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer35 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.