Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Atlanta, GA
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:27 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Huber, GA | The 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 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, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 34 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.