Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2000, 12:50 PM EDT for Bartow County, Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 4, 2000, 12:50 PM EDT (16:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2000, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 1:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Shannon, GA | The Floyd county 911 center reported that two trees were down on Hermitage Road on the southeast side of Shannon. |
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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 821 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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 041651 SVRATL GAC015-115-041715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1250 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA EASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 115 PM EDT * AT 1243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SHANNON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROME...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KINGSTON...EUHARLEE AND CARTERSVILLE 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 3443 8506 3429 8519 3404 8485 3422 8468
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.