Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 1:59 PM EDT for Houston County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2000, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2000, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, GA | A severe thunderstorm knocked trees down in several parts of the county. A trained spotter reported several trees down across highway 26 near Elko. He also reported 2 trees down and a building hit by lightning near Perry. In addition Houston county 911 reporte |
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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 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 111759
SVRATL
GAC153-225-111830-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
159 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BYRON TO 6 MILES
SOUTH OF WARNER ROBINS TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF PERRY...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROBINS AFB AND CENTERVILLE.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM
PASSES.
LAT...LON 3229 8368 3240 8348 3247 8349 3253 8355
3261 8355 3266 8362 3268 8377 3255 8382
3229 8385The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Peach | 26 min |
| Jul 11, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 23 min |
| Jul 11, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 40 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.