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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2000, 1:09 PM EDT for Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2000, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2000, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 041709 SVRATL GAC115-233-041745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 109 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA NORTHERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 145 PM EDT * AT 106 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF CAVE SPRING...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF LINDALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LINDALE AND ARAGON 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 25 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 |
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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.