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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 26, 2000Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2000, 7:49 PM EDT for Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2000, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-26 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.

913 
WUUS52 KFFC 262349
SVRATL
GAC271-309-270015-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LUMBER CITY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM
PASSES.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

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 3184 8257 3209 8260 3207 8287 3176 8294

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, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington23 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.