Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2000, 2:47 PM EDT for Rockdale County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. 5 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 23, 2000, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2000, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Rockdale County, GA, Walton County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:55 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Lakeview Estates, GA | The public reported quarter size hail in the Lakeview Estates area. |
| Jul 23, 3:05 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Loganville, GA | The public reported dime size hail. |
| Jul 23, 3:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Conyers, GA | The Rockdale Citizen reported widespread tree damage across the northern part of the county. Trees were reported down on power lines, homes, and automobiles. Most of the damage occurred in the Bethel, Sheffield, Chandler, Fork, Mt Zion, Almond, and Day road a |
| Jul 23, 3:35 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Loganville, GA | The public reported golfball size hail. |
| Jul 23, 3:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Loganville, GA | The public reported trees down. |
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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
439 WUUS52 KFFC 231847 SVRATL GAC247-297-231930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 247 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF CONYERS...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOGANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM PASSES. 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 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 23, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 41 min |
| Jul 23, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 45 min |
| Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 45 min |
| Jul 23, 2:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks | 38 min |
| Jul 23, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Walton | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oconee | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fulton | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro | 38 min |
| Jul 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 39 min |
| Jul 23, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 25 min |
| Jul 23, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 46 min |
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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.