Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 7:35 PM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2000, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2000, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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 20, 7:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG | Countywide, GA | The Rome Daily News, the Marietta Daily Journal, the public, and amateur radio operators reported widespread tree and power line damage countywide. Trees were reported down on homes, a vehicle, and power lines, and were blocking several roads, especially in R |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 202337 SVRATL GAC115-210015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 735 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF ROME...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTRE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SHANNON...ROME...CAVE SPRING...AND GLENWOOD. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 50 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.