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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2000Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2000, 7:24 PM EDT for Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2000, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Twiggs County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 7:27 PM EDTThunderstorm WindHuber, GAThe Twiggs county 911 center and the public reported trees down on Interstate 16 at Exit 12 near Horseshoe Circle.

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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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°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.

076 
WUUS52 KFFC 222324
SVRATL
GAC289-230000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 719 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTY...OR
  ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF ROBINS AFB...MOVING EAST 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.

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.

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, 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, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson34 min

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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.