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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 20004 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2000, 1:38 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2000, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2000, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 22, 1:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville, GA	Crawford County 911 reported trees were uprooted on Lower Hartley Bridge Road and Macgregor Circle.
Jun 22, 1:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Byron, GA	The Peach county 911 center reported large tree limbs were blown down.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 22, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 712 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 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.

045 
WUUS52 KFFC 221739
SVRATL
GAC021-079-153-225-221815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
138 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BYRON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROBINS AFB AND CENTERVILLE

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.

LAT...LON 3279 8354 3275 8384 3263 8383 3260 8360
          3261 8357 3265 8357 3267 8361

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 12:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley	25 min
Jun 22, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	41 min
Jun 22, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp	26 min
Jun 22, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox	29 min
Jun 22, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock	24 min
Jun 22, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Washington	26 min
Jun 22, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	18 min
Jun 22, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Twiggs	27 min
Jun 22, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs	36 min
Jun 22, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson	34 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.