Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2000, 6:37 PM EDT for Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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 7, 2000, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2000, 7:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockledge, GA | The Laurens county 911 center reported roof damage to a house and damage to some utility buildings in Minter. In addition, eight trees were downed on Interstate 16 near Rockledge and other trees were knocked down near Minter. |
| Jul 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Rockledge, GA | The Laurens county 911 center reported quarter size hail. |
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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 957 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 072237 SVRATL GAC167-175-072310- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 637 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 710 PM EDT * AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF ADRIAN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF SOPERTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE EAST DUBLIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM PASSES. 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 HsAIL...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 7, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wheeler | 33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.