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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 344, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2000, 4:08 PM EDT for Emanuel 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 18, 2000, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2000, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Emanuel County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 4:08 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Swainsboro, GA | Local Swainsboro radio station WXRS along with the Swainsboro newspaper, The Forest Blade, reported extensive wind damage throughout the Swainsboro area. Lots of large trees and power lines were reported to be down. Much of the damage was reported in the Lak |
| Aug 18, 4:20 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Swainsboro, GA | A local Swainsboro radio station reported golf ball size hail. The local newspaper reported that dime size hail was widespread in the Swainsboro area. |
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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2682 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
255 WUUS52 KFFC 182008 SVRATL GAC107-182045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 408 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SWAINSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TWIN CITY. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 7 7 0 4 8 6 1 1 3 3 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4. LAT...LON 3260 8249 3241 8231 3262 8205 3280 8223
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 30 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.