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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 23, 2000Greene County, Oconee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2000, 3:54 PM EDT for Greene County, Oconee County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2000, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2000, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, GA, Oconee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 231955
SVRATL
GAC133-219-232045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 352 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF WATKINSVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE UNION POINT

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.

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, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Walton47 min
Jul 23, 3:32 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks43 min
Jul 23, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas37 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.