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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 11, 2000Houston County, Peach County, Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 11, 2:20 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, GAA 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1460 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2000-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
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

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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 8385

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach26 min
Jul 11, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly30 min
Jul 11, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski31 min
Jul 11, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter38 min
Jul 11, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair23 min
Jul 11, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry45 min
Jul 11, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington48 min
Jul 11, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton28 min
Jul 11, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson40 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.