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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 20, 2000Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 9:22 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Meriwether County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 20, 9:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EGGreenville, GAThe Manchester Star Mercury reported that a Greenville woman was injured when a tree fell on the vehicle she was driving during the thunderstorm. The Manchester Public Works Department also reported numerous trees down just north of Manchester.

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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 41 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.

818 
WUUS52 KFFC 210123
SVRATL
GAC199-210145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 916 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRANTVILLE
  TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WOODBURY AND MANCHESTER

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH 
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM 
PASSES.

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, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee35 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.