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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 23, 2000Morgan County, Walton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2000, 3:28 PM EDT for Morgan County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2000, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2000, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Morgan County, GA, Walton County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 253 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 231929
SVRATL
GAC211-297-232015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
328 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 323 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF SOCIAL CIRCLE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RUTLEDGE AND MADISON.

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.

LAT...LON 3371 8384 3346 8355 3357 8334 3387 8360

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin41 min
Jul 23, 1:44 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson, Hall, Lumpkin31 min
Jul 23, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb46 min
Jul 23, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall45 min
Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee51 min
Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart51 min
Jul 23, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett45 min
Jul 23, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale, Walton43 min
Jul 23, 2:52 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks38 min
Jul 23, 3:32 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks43 min
Jul 23, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas37 min
Jul 23, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oconee51 min
Jul 23, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fulton47 min
Jul 23, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro38 min
Jul 23, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison33 min
Jul 23, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup32 min
Jul 23, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette40 min
Jul 23, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren35 min
Jul 23, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry39 min
Jul 23, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren25 min
Jul 23, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson46 min
Jul 23, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.