Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 354, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2000, 1:21 AM EDT for Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2000, 1:21 AM EDT (05:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2000, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 1:30 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisonville, GA | The Troup county Department of Highways reported a tree down north of La Grange and the Fishermans One Store reported a tree down on Youngsville Road in Harrisonville. |
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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 478 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 38 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.