Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 303, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2000, 7:31 PM EDT for Clayton County, DeKalb County, Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2000, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Clayton County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Henry County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 7:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Snapfinger, GA | The De Kalb county 911 center reported trees and power lines down in the extreme southern part of the county near the Clayton county line. |
| Jul 30, 7:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarboroughs Xrds, GA | The Henry county 911 center reported trees and power lines down in the extreme northwest part of the county on Fairview 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 345 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 302332 SVRATL GAC063-089-151-310015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 731 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PANTHERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TUCKER...STONE MOUNTAIN... SCOTTDALE...REDAN...PINE LAKE...LITHONIA...GRESHAM PARK... CLARKSTON...CANDLER-MCAFEE...BELVEDERE PARK AND AVONDALE ESTATES 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 3369 8434 3351 8422 3375 8407 3388 8422
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, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Jul 30, 7:54 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.