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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 13, 2000Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 2000, 10:38 PM EST for Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 10:38 PM EST (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2000, 11:10 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Pulaski 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2000-02-14Temperature 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2000-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 384 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
640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
528 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 140340
SVRATL
GAC235-140410-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1038 PM EST SUN FEB 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1110 PM EST

* AT 1035 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  8 MILES SOUTH OF HAWKINSVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
  HAWKINSVILLE...
  MOBLEY CROSSING...

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE ALERT...BUT REMAIN CALM. IF YOU SEE DAMAGE
OR LARGE HAIL...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-1133
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, 9:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery33 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

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.