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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 350, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2000, 6:28 PM EDT for Dodge County, Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 19, 2000, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 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 Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhine, GA | The Dodge county 911 center reported numerous trees down in Rhine. |
| Aug 19, 6:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cook Still, GA | The Little OcMulgee Electric Membership Cooperative reported that several pine trees were down, one on a power line. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 192229 SVRATL GAC091-271-192300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 628 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WESTERN TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILAN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF EASTMAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY 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 3212 8293 3205 8330 3183 8317 3178 8292
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 24 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.