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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 10, 2000Banks County, Jackson County, Madison County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 2:16 PM EST for Banks County, Jackson County, Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
Mar 10, 2000, 2:16 PM EST (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2000, 2:45 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Banks County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Madison County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2000-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 509 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 2000-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
509 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 101916
SVRATL
GAC011-157-195-101945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
216 PM EST FRI MAR 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 245 PM EST

* AT 205 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF HOMER TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF COMMERCE TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  COMER...MOVING NORTHEAST 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.

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
Mar 10, 6:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon34 min
Mar 10, 1:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup29 min
Mar 10, 1:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup38 min
Mar 10, 2:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether36 min
Mar 10, 2:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike37 min
Mar 10, 3:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson30 min
Mar 10, 6:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.