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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 14, 2000Butts County, Henry County, Spalding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 14, 2000, 1:28 AM EST for Butts County, Henry County, Spalding 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 14, 2000, 1:28 AM EST (06:28 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 2000, 2:00 AM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 13, 11:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 KFFC 140631
SVRATL
GAC035-151-231-255-140700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
128 AM EST MON FEB 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 200 AM EST

* AT 124 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF GRIFFIN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  SOUTH OF PEACHTREE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MCDONOUGH...LOCUST GROVE...
  HAMPTON...EXPERIMENT...EAST GRIFFIN AND BLACKSVILLE

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW.

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
Feb 13, 9:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler33 min
Feb 13, 9:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery33 min
Feb 13, 10:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski32 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 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.