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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 7, 2000Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2000, 8:03 PM EDT for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 7, 2000, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2000, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Telfair County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2000-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1836 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2000-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
1836 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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

589 
WUUS52 KFFC 080003
SVRATL
GAC271-080030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
803 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 802 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF SCOTLAND...OR ABOUT 3 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MCRAE...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

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 HAIL...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 7 7 0 4 8 6 1 1 3 3 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.

LAT...LON 3204 8281 3207 8299 3183 8314 3181 8289

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.