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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2000Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2000, 9:11 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2000, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 644 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
644 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

104 
WUUS52 KFFC 230112
SVRATL
GAC107-283-230145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 904 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEASTERN
  WASHINGTON COUNTY TO EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY TO
  SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW.

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, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston26 min
Jun 22, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley26 min
Jun 22, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Johnson, Laurens32 min
Jun 22, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington32 min
Jun 22, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen49 min
Jun 22, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.