Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 6:07 PM EST for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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
- Mar 10, 2000, 6:07 PM EST (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2000, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:15 PM EST | Hail 1 | Columbus, GA | Several public reports indicated quarter size hail fell in Columbus. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 102317 COR SVRATL WUUS52 KFFC 102313 SVRATL GAC053-215-110000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 607 PM EST FRI MAR 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EST * AT 605 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT BENNING...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LADONIA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COLUMBUS 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 hAPPLIANCES. 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 3254 8511 3227 8500 3233 8467 3258 8471
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 34 min |
| Mar 10, 1:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 38 min |
| Mar 10, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 36 min |
| Mar 10, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 37 min |
| Mar 10, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 30 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.