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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 20, 2000Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 9:10 PM EDT for Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 20, 9:35 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EGCountywide, GAThe Columbus Enquirer and the public reported numerous trees down countywide, with some on roads and power lines. At least 16 trees were reported down along Chattsworth Road in Columbus, and a large tree blocked traffic at 14th Street and Third Avenue in downt

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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 532 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2000-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
532 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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.

493 
WUUS52 KFFC 210111
SVRATL
GAC145-215-210145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
910 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 905 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF
  PINE MOUNTAIN TO 10 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WAVERLY HALL...HAMILTON...
  AND COLUMBUS.

WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES CAN BE EXPECTED 
WITH THESE STORMS.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield43 min
Jul 20, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Paulding49 min
Jul 20, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton47 min
Jul 20, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard, Troup41 min
Jul 20, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fayette40 min
Jul 20, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether23 min
Jul 20, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot25 min
Jul 20, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Spalding37 min
Jul 20, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Upson45 min
Jul 20, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Monroe32 min
Jul 20, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor32 min
Jul 20, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Peach36 min
Jul 20, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon36 min
Jul 20, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs37 min
Jul 20, 11:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Wilkinson37 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.