Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2000, 3:25 PM EDT for Dooly County, Macon County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2000, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Dooly County, GA, Macon County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 3:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma, GA | The Macon county Sheriff reported trees and power lines down. |
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
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WUUS52 KFFC 121925
SVRATL
GAC093-193-122015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
325 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VIENNA AND OGLETHORPE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE AS DESTRUCTIVE AS A TORNADO. FOR
YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3202 8361 3210 8361 3244 8398 3233 8423
3202 8390The 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, 2:11 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, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 22 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.