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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 11, 2000Dooly County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 2:15 PM EDT for Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 11, 2000, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2000, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Dooly County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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°0°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 111817
SVRATL
GAC093-111845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
215 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF UNADILLA MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE DOOLING...BYROMVILLE...AND 
  PINEHURST.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM
PASS>ES.

LAT...LON 3211 8363 3229 8362 3229 8389 3214 8398

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, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.