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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 28, 20004 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2000, 2:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 28, 2000, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2000, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2000-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 795 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 2000-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
795 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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.

550 
WUUS52 KFFC 281842
SVRATL
GAC023-175-289-319-281915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
241 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSONVILLE...OR ABOUT
  15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COCHRAN...NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS UNDER THIS STORM INCLUDE ALLENTOWN...DANVILLE...
  MONTROSE...AND GOLDSBORO.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM
PASSES.

LAT...LON 3238 8329 3253 8304 3278 8324 3267 8348

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs35 min
Jul 28, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb26 min
Jul 28, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes31 min
Jul 28, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington52 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.