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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 300, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 30, 2000Dade County, Walker County, Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 30, 5:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindTrenton, GAThe Dade county 911 center reported some trees down in the road and on a power line.
Jul 30, 5:45 PM EDTThunderstorm WindRossville, GAThe 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2000-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 240 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2000-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall44 min
Jul 30, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton42 min
Jul 30, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin41 min
Jul 30, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Henry44 min
Jul 30, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton, Gwinnett36 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.