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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 29, 2000Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2000, 5:35 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2000, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2000-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1223 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 2000-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1223 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 292137
SVRATL
GAC163-292200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
535 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRENS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  SOUTH OF THOMSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM EARLIER. HOWEVER...THE STORM IS 
INTENSIFYING AND LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE
THE STORM PASSES.

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

LAT...LON 3331 8236 332x0 8254 3312 8258 3323 8225

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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.