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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 10, 2000Dade County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 6:28 PM EDT for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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: Aug 10, 2000, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2000, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 10, 6:34 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	La Fayette, GA	The Walker county 911 center reported numerous trees and power lines down.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 10, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1523 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 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 102230
SVRATL
GAC083-295-102300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 525 PM CDT(625 PM EDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES
  WEST OF LA FAYETTE TO 4 MILES WEST OF LA FAYETTE TO 7 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF LA FAYETTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE RISING FAWN...
  COOPER HEIGHTS...MT CARMEL...AND CENTER POST.

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.

LAT...LON 3485 8521 3484 8537 3483 8561 3459 8553
          3459 8510 3472 8510 3472 8517 3477 8515
          3478 8521

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 6:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall	27 min
Aug 10, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa	29 min
Aug 10, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	48 min
Aug 10, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa	47 min
Aug 10, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd	28 min
Aug 10, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd	35 min
Aug 10, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson	36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.