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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2000Montgomery County, Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2000, 1:49 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2000, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Mc Gregor, GA	The Montgomery county 911 center reported 11 trees down on U.S. 280 east of Mt. Vernon, near McGregor. The Vidalia newspaper reported extensive damage to at least five pecan orchards in McGregor. Some of the trees were completely uprooted. Many of the pecan

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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 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-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: 336 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 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.

206 
WUUS52 KFFC 221749
SVRATL
GAC209-279-221830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
149 PM EDT THU JUN 22 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 230 PM EDT

* AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF AILEY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  WEST OF VIDALIA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

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 3230 8261 3212 8261 3191 8222 3231 8223

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, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach	37 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.