Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 300, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2000, 5:25 PM EDT for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 30, 2000, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 5:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton, GA | The Dade county 911 center reported some trees down in the road and on a power line. |
| Jul 30, 5:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville, GA | The Walker county 911 center reported some trees down on Lytle Road. |
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 302125 SVRATL GAC083-295-302200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 525 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRENTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROSSVILLE...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...FAIRVIEW...CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA VALLEY. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM PASSES. VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS STORM. A TORNADO COULD ALSO FORM WITH LITTLE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER NOW! INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. LAT...LON 3495 8557 3476 8556 3481 8528 3499 8528
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Jul 30, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 36 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.