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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 335, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 10, 2000Carroll County, Douglas County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 8:53 PM EDT for Carroll County, Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports 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, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2000, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 8:55 PM EDTHail 0.75Winston, GASeveral reports of dime size hail were received from the public from Winston north and west toward the Carroll county border near Villa Rica.
Aug 10, 9:08 PM EDTHail 1Villa Rica, GAAn amateur radio operator reported quarter size hail.

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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2000-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1999 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
1999 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 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 110053
SVRATL
GAC045-097-110130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 849 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF VILLA RICA...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DOUGLASVILLE.

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

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 3378 8495 3376 8498 3357 8482 3369 8465
          3379 8475 3378 8491
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta18 min
Aug 10, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta30 min
Aug 10, 11:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding28 min
Aug 10, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin19 min
Aug 10, 11:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Hall49 min
Aug 11, 12:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth, Fulton42 min
Aug 11, 12:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth30 min
Aug 11, 1:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall28 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.