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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 12, 2000Bibb County, Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2000, 2:27 PM EDT for Bibb County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 12, 2000, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2000, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bibb County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 778 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 121829
SVRATL
GAC021-289-121900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
227 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF JEFFERSONVILLE...OR ABOUT
  13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBINS AFB...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SMITHSONIA...
  DRY BRANCH...FITZPATRICK...AND BULLARD.

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 3259 8324 3290 8342 3278 8368 3255 8333

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett39 min
Jul 12, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry, Spalding28 min
Jul 12, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette28 min
Jul 12, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs33 min
Jul 12, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Monroe26 min
Jul 12, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Spalding34 min
Jul 12, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Wilkinson26 min
Jul 12, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Treutlen40 min
Jul 12, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel40 min
Jul 12, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Macon50 min
Jul 12, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton22 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.