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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 26, 2000Cherokee County, Forsyth County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2000, 8:48 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2000, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2000, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cherokee County, GA, Forsyth County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 26, 9:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Free Home, GA	The Cherokee county 911 center reported several trees down on Georgia Highway 20 and Georgia Highway 369.

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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -30 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 270049
SVRATL
GAC057-117-270115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 840 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALL GROUND...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES WEST OF CUMMING...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CANTON

WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS DURING THE PAST HOUR.
WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS.
TAKE COVER NOW.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE AS DESTRUCTIVE AS A TORNADO. FOR
YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.

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

LAT...LON 3439 8448 3423 8460 3414 8437 3420 8433
          3419 8425 3412 8425 3425 8416

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.