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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2000Fannin County, Union County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2000, 6:08 PM EDT for Fannin County, Union County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
Jul 6, 2000, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2000, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fannin County, GA, Union County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2000-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 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 2000-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 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.

637 
WUUS52 KFFC 062208
SVRATL
GAC111-291-062245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
608 PM EDT THU JUL 6 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCAYSVILLE...OR ABOUT 24
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF ETOWAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLUE RIDGE

SCATTERED WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade29 min
Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Lumpkin, Union41 min
Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens41 min
Jul 6, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.