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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 334, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 10, 2000Haralson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 7:24 PM EDT for Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2000, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Haralson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1523 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 12:00Z on 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
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 102326
SVRATL
GAC143-110000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 620 PM CDT(720 PM EDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
  WEST OF TALLAPOOSA TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUCHANAN...MOVING SOUTH
  AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS UNDER THESE STORMS INCLUDE FELTON...ABERNATHYS MILL 
  AND POPLAR SPRINGS.

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...LO|N 3389 8540 3366 8534 3374 8505 3391 8504

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 6:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall27 min
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

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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.