Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 2:29 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2000, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Pulaski County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:29 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawkinsville, GA | The Pulaski county 911 center and the public reported trees down and some trees with broken limbs. |
| Jul 11, 2:37 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Hawkinsville, GA | The Pulaski 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 111830
SVRATL
GAC235-111900-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
229 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF HAWKINSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BROWNDALE AND
HARTFORD.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM
PASSES.
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 3210 8332 3217 8330 3224 8338 3227 8335
3231 8339 3240 8350 3230 8361 3215 8360
3212 8345 3214 8337The 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, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 30 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.