Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2000, 2:11 PM EDT for Butts County, Henry County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 12, 2000, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2000, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2:22 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Jenkinsburg, GA | The Butts county 911 center reported that a tree knocked down by thunderstorm winds caused a power line to fall. |
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
834
WUUS52 KFFC 121811
SVRATL
GAC035-151-255-121845-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
211 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF LOCUST GROVE...OR ABOUT 9
MILES WEST OF JACKSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE JACKSON AND FLOVILLA
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE AS DESTRUCTIVE AS A TORNADO. FOR
YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
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 3338 8415 3323 8422 3318 8416 3322 8409
3322 8387 3329 8385The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 39 min |
| 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, 2:19 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.