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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 301, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2000, 6:18 PM EDT for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 30, 2000, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2000, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Newton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 6:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Porterdale, GA | The Newton county 911 center reported trees and power lines down on Flat Shoals 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 354 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
- 717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 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 302218 SVRATL GAC217-302300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 618 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PORTERDALE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COVINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OXFORD AND COVINGTON. 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 3355 8399 3344 8387 3358 8369 3371 8388
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, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.