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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 20004 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2000, 9:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 49 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, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2000, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 22, 10:15 PM EDT	Hail 1	Vidalia, GA	The Toombs county 911 center reported quarter size hail near Vidalia.

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 nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.6

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The text

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

447 
WUUS52 KFFC 230141
SVRATL
GAC107-209-271-279-283-309-230230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 939 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF SWAINSBORO TO 5 MILES EAST OF SOPERTON TO 5 MILES WEST OF
  SOPERTON TO ALAMO TO 9 MILES WEST OF HELENA...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VIDALIA...TWIN CITY...
  STILLMORE...MOUNT VERNON...MCRAE...LYONS...GLENWOOD AND AILEY

DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston	26 min
Jun 22, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley	26 min
Jun 22, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Johnson, Laurens	32 min
Jun 22, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	32 min
Jun 22, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	34 min
Jun 22, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair, Wheeler	49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.