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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 14, 2000Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2000, 4:44 PM EDT for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 14, 2000, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2000, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Telfair County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 200 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1040 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 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
1040 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-38 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 142045
SVRATL
GAC271-142115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
444 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL TELFAIR COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  SOUTH OF MCRAE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

LAT...LON 3202 8304 3183 8310 3187 8272 3201 8278

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach37 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.