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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 23, 2000Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2000, 5:05 PM EDT for Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2000, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Warren County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 23, 5:15 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, GA	The Warren county 911 center reported more trees down countywide.

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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

960 
WUUS52 KFFC 232105
SVRATL
GAC301-232130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 502 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF WARRENTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF THOMSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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 3343 8275 3328 8273 3334 8256 3356 8263

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, 4:20 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, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson	46 min
Jul 23, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	46 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.