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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 327, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 10, 2000Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 6:03 AM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 10, 2000, 6:03 AM EDT (10:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2000, 6:30 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hall County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 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 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1738 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1738 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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 101004
SVRATL
GAC139-101030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
603 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* AT 600 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING LITTLE.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM
PASSES.

LAT...LON 3426 8396 3416 8380 3442 8363 3444 8395

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa29 min
Aug 10, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker48 min
Aug 10, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa47 min
Aug 10, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker32 min
Aug 10, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd28 min
Aug 10, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd35 min
Aug 10, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.