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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 349, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 19, 2000Dodge County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2000, 6:06 PM EDT for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 19, 2000, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Dodge County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 19, 6:15 PM EDTHail 1Chauncey, GAThe Dodge county 911 center 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2000-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 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 2000-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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 192206
SVRATL
GAC091-192230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF CHAUNCEY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  EAST OF EASTMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN 
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER 
WHILE THE STORM PASSES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE AS DESTRUCTIVE AS A TORNADO. FOR
YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

<LAT...LON 3223 8319 3203 8305 3211 8294 3219 8302

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.