Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2000, 4:20 PM EDT for Clayton County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2000, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2000, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Clayton County, GA, Fayette County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 4:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Riverdale, GA | The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, along with the Clayton county 911 center, ham radio operators, and the public reported strong thunderstorm winds caused widespread destruction of trees across northern Clayton county. The damage path continued from souther |
| Jul 23, 4:35 PM EDT | Hail 1.5 | Riverdale, GA | The public reported 1.00 to 1.50 inch diameter hail. |
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 16 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.
170 WUUS52 KFFC 232020 SVRATL GAC063-113-232100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 420 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF FOREST PARK TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RIVERDALE...MORROW...LAKE CITY...JONESBORO...PEACHTREE CITY...FAYETTEVILLE AND IRONDALE. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW. 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. LAT...LON 3348 8458 3330 8445 3361 8426 3365 8439
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, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale, Walton | 43 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, 4:25 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.