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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 10, 2000Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 10, 6:15 PM ESTHail 1Columbus, GASeveral 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 509 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 2000-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 6:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon34 min
Mar 10, 1:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup29 min
Mar 10, 1:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup38 min
Mar 10, 2:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether36 min
Mar 10, 2:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Jackson, Madison29 min
Mar 10, 2:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike37 min
Mar 10, 3:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson30 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.