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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 14, 2000Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 7:16 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
Jun 14, 2000, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2000, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Laurens County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 7:20 PM EDTThunderstorm WindRentz, GAThe Laurens County 911 center reported small trees down in Rentz and Dexter.
Jun 14, 7:55 PM EDTThunderstorm WindDudley, GAThe Laurens county 911 center reported small trees down in Dudley and Dublin.

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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2000-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 388 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 2000-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
388 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 142318
SVRATL
GAC175-142345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
716 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 716 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUBLIN...OR ABOUT 10   
  MILES NORTHWEST OF SOPERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MINTER AREA TOWARD BREWTON.

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
Jun 14, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs19 min
Jun 14, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.