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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 26, 2000Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2000, 5:37 PM EDT for Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2000, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2000-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 85 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 2000-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 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
85 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-845 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 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.

537 
WUUS52 KFFC 262137
SVRATL
GAC167-303-262200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
537 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 527 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OCONEE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTH OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 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.

LAT...LON 3283 8298 3270 8282 3289 8279 3295 8307

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris35 min
Jun 26, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel29 min
Jun 26, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Treutlen26 min
Jun 26, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Treutlen32 min
Jun 26, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson35 min
Jun 26, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones29 min
Jun 26, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.