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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 316, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 4, 2000Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2000, 6:52 PM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2000, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2000, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Heard County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 042257
SVRATL
GAC149-042330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
652 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKLIN               
  ...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* AREAS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE YATES CROSSROADS AND        
  FRANKLIN.

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 3339 8530 3315 8522 3325 8497 3341 8504

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, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Putnam24 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, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.