Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 4:57 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2000, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Washington County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Milledgeville, GA | The Milledgeville police reported dime 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
722 WUUS52 KFFC 112057 SVRATL GAC009-303-112145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 457 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF MILLEDGEVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF MIDWAY-HARDWICK...MOVING EAST AT 10 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 3308 8327 3291 8298 3302 8295 3316 8323
The 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, 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, 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.