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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 25, 2000Taliaferro County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 6:55 PM EDT for Taliaferro County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 25, 2000, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2000, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Taliaferro County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

403 
WUUS52 KFFC 252256
SVRATL
GAC265-252330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDVILLE...OR ABOUT
  12 MILES EAST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SHARON

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, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Oconee36 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

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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.