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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 311, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 4, 2000Jasper County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2000, 1:51 PM EDT for Jasper County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2000, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2000, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 821 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 041752
SVRATL
GAC159-211-237-041815-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
151 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.


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 SERVI"CE
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd25 min
Aug 4, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk36 min
Aug 4, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall28 min
Aug 4, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite28 min
Aug 4, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Monroe30 min
Aug 4, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall28 min
Aug 4, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee23 min
Aug 4, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe23 min
Aug 4, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard38 min
Aug 4, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.