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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 15, 2000Montgomery County, Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2000, 5:00 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2000, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2000, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 696 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
696 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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.

767 
WUUS52 KFFC 152104
SVRATL
GAC209-279-152130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
500 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF AILEY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF VIDALIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VIDALIA...MOUNT VERNON AND
  LYONS.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED 
WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM 
PASSES.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

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 3212 8263 3204 8236 3228 8225 3231 8259

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.