Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 7:55 PM EDT for Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2000, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 8:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG | Countywide, GA | The Polk county 911 center and the Rome News Tribune reported trees and power lines down countywide. |
| Jul 20, 8:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG | Buchanan, GA | Amateur radio operators reported trees down along Old Ridgeway Road and Morgan Road between Buchanan and Waco. The public reported trees down on a mobile home in Waco. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 202358 SVRATL GAC143-233-210045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 755 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 749 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDARTOWN TO 20 MILES WEST OF TALLAPOOSA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROCKMART...BUCHANAN... BREMEN...TALLAPOOSA...CEDARTOWN AND ARAGON. THESE STORMS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN LAFAYETTE AND 4 MILES NORTH OF ROME AS THEY MOVED THROUGH THOSE AREAS.
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, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 40 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.