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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 358, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 24, 2000Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2000, 7:09 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2000, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2000, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 24, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2000-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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 242310
SVRATL
GAC121-242345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
709 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA...OR ABOUT 4 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF VININGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HAPEVILLE.

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WINDS CAN BE VERY DESTRUCTIVE.  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 U$SE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

LAT...LON 3392 8434 3379 8451 3365 8445 3366 8434
          3384 8435

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon26 min
Aug 24, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall33 min
Aug 24, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon33 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.