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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2000Crisp County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2000, 3:19 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 22, 2000, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2000, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Crisp County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2000-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 712 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 2000-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
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.

168 
WUUS52 KFFC 221919
SVRATL
GAC081-221945-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF CORDELE...MOVING EAST AT 15
  MPH.

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 3202 8393 3187 8389 3184 8363 3202 8366

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 12:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley25 min
Jun 22, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach37 min
Jun 22, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs41 min
Jun 22, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox29 min
Jun 22, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock24 min
Jun 22, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Washington26 min
Jun 22, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson18 min
Jun 22, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs27 min
Jun 22, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs36 min
Jun 22, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.