Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 5:15 PM EDT for Johnson County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2000, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2000, 5:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnson County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, GA | The Johnson county 911 center reported trees down countywide. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 112118 SVRATL GAC167-112155- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 515 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 555 PM EDT * AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WRIGHTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUBLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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 32/71 8280 3258 8265 3266 8249 3279 8262
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, 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 |
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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.