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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 21, 20004 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2000, 5:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 21, 2000, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2000, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clayton County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Henry County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 2000-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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 2000-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 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 
WUUS52 KFFC 212104
SVRATL
GAC063-089-151-247-212130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
503 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CONLEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE REDAN...PANTHERSVILLE...
  LITHONIA...LAKEVIEW ESTATES...LAKE CITY...GRESHAM PARK...CONYERS   
AND CANDLER-MCAFEE.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM
PASSES.

LAT...QLON 3374 8432 3358 8436 3356 8404 3374 8395

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson32 min
May 21, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson25 min
May 21, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas45 min
May 21, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Murray41 min
May 21, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton36 min
May 21, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Henry33 min
May 21, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette, Fulton33 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.