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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 25, 2000Barrow County, Clarke County, Oconee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 5:54 PM EDT for Barrow County, Clarke County, Oconee County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports 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 25, 2000, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barrow County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Oconee County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 6:15 PM EDTHail 1Auburn, GAThe public reported dime to quarter size hail from Auburn to Carl to Winder.
May 25, 6:25 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWinder, GAThe Barrow county 911 center reported damage to a chicken house and a food bin blown over on Highway 11near Winder.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2000-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2105 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 2000-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

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

367 
WUUS52 KFFC 252154
SVRATL
GAC013-059-219-252230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
554 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELL...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF WINDER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WINTERVILLE...WINDER...
  WATKINSVILLE...STATHAM...GAINES SCHOOL...BOGART AND ATHENS

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Walker41 min
May 25, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPickens34 min
May 25, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield34 min
May 25, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee24 min
May 25, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall30 min
May 25, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton38 min
May 25, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Putnam36 min
May 25, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett27 min
May 25, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren37 min
May 25, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow33 min
May 25, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe27 min
May 25, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes27 min
May 25, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro35 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.