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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2000, 9:22 PM EDT for Coweta County, Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 21, 2000, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2000, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Coweta County, GA, Heard County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 9:58 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Newnan, GA | Numerous reports of dime size hail to slightly larger than a dime were received from the general public and the Coweta county 911 center. |
| May 21, 9:58 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Newnan, GA | Coweta county 911 center and the public reported trees down in Newnan. In one case, they were down in the road. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 552 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
638 WUUS52 KFFC 220122 SVRATL GAC077-149-220200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 922 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLIN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF CARROLLTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NEWNAN AND GRANTVILLE 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. LAT...LON 3341 8526 3321 8524 3323 8477 3345 8479
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 29 min |
| May 21, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 29 min |
| May 21, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 32 min |
| May 22, 10:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wheeler | 34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.