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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 21, 2000Coweta County, Fayette County, Spalding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2000, 10:18 PM EDT for Coweta County, Fayette County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2000, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2000, 10:50 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Spalding County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 21, 10:40 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Brooks, GA	The public reported dime size hail in Brooks.

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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 3 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 220219
SVRATL
GAC077-113-255-220250-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1018 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1050 PM EDT

* AT 1018 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF PEACHTREE CITY...MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TYRONE...SENOIA AND
  FAYETTEVILLE

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 3356 8445 3353 8457 3347 8464 3325 8465
          3323 8453 3320 8434 3328 8435 3347 8443
          3351 8443

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, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Heard	38 min
May 21, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	29 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.