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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2000Gilmer County, Pickens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2000, 6:44 PM EDT for Gilmer County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 6, 2000, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2000, 7:25 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

733 
WUUS52 KFFC 062246
SVRATL
GAC085-111-123-187-227-291-062325-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 725 PM EDT

* AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 31 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF DAHLONEGA TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF JASPER TO 4 MILES WEST OF
  JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 3505 8427 3462 8435 3443 8465 3439 8414
          3456 8394 3497 8395

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union37 min
Jul 6, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade29 min
Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Lumpkin, Union41 min
Jul 6, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale47 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.