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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2000Dodge County, Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2000, 3:31 PM EDT for Dodge County, Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 646 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 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
646 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-45 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.

300 
WUUS52 KFFC 221931
SVRATL
GAC091-271-315-222000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF MILAN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF EASTMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3197 8334 3186 8337 3182 8292 3204 8299

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, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp26 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.