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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 25, 20004 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2000, 2:18 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. 4 reports 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 25, 2000, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2000, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Henry County, GA, Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Walton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 2:25 PM EDTHail 1.75Conyers, GAThe public reported dime to golfball size.
Jun 25, 2:30 PM EDTHail 0.88Covington, GAThe public reported nickel size hail.
Jun 25, 2:35 PM EDTHail 1Hampton, GAThe public reported quarter size hail.
Jun 25, 2:38 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMonroe, GAThe public reported some oak trees knocked down.

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2000-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 915 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
915 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1108 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 251818
SVRATL
GAC013-151-217-247-297-251845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
218 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 216 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  STATHAM TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROE TO 3 MILES WEST OF
  PORTERDALE TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF HAMPTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SOCIAL CIRCLE...OXFORD...
  MCDONOUGH...LOCUST GROVE...COVINGTON AND BLACKSVILLE

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIwNDS 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 25, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton36 min
Jun 25, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale36 min
Jun 25, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett25 min
Jun 25, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton23 min
Jun 25, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry28 min
Jun 25, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee23 min
Jun 25, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow27 min
Jun 25, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton32 min
Jun 25, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett24 min
Jun 25, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike33 min
Jun 25, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett31 min
Jun 25, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe31 min
Jun 25, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard29 min
Jun 25, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks32 min
Jun 25, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin26 min
Jun 25, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb36 min
Jun 25, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam32 min
Jun 25, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Paulding27 min
Jun 25, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson36 min
Jun 25, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee27 min
Jun 25, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Webster25 min
Jun 25, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.