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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 8:51 PM EDT for Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2000, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 975 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
385 WUUS52 KFFC 120051 SVRATL GAC135-120130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 851 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 846 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DULUTH AND DACULA WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW. 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 3399 8419 3385 8412 3393 8387 3407 8393
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Spalding | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Spalding | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.