Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2000, 7:43 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Henry County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2000, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2000, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Henry County, GA, Rockdale County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mc Donough, GA | The Henry county 911 center reported numerous trees down around McDonough. |
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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 44 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
285 WUUS52 KFFC 062343 SVRATL GAC089-151-247-070030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 743 PM EDT THU JUL 6 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TUCKER...STONE MOUNTAIN... STOCKBRIDGE...SCOTTDALE...PINE LAKE...PANTHERSVILLE...NORTH DRUID HILLS...NORTH DECATUR...NORTH ATLANTA...MCDONOUGH...LOCUST GROVE... LITHONIA...LAKEVIEW ESTATES...HAMPTON...GRESHAM PARK...DUNWOODY... DRUID HILLS...DORAVILLE...DECATUR...CONYERS...CLARKSTON... CHAMBLEE...CANDLER-MCAFEE...BLACKSVILLE...BELVEDERE PARK AND AVONDALE ESTATES 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Lumpkin, Union | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.