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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 359, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2000, 9:04 PM EDT for Greene County, Morgan County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 3 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 24, 2000, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2000, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Greene County, GA, Morgan County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 9:08 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Greensboro, GA | The public reported nickel size hail 8 miles west of Greensboro at the southern end of Lake Oconee. |
| Aug 24, 9:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensboro, GA | The Greene county 911 center reported trees down in Greshamville, while the public reported a tree down near the southern end of Lake Oconee, about 8 miles west of Greensboro at Swords Landing. |
| Aug 24, 9:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Apalachee, GA | The Morgan county 911 center reported that a tree fell on and damaged a mobile home in Apalachee and a power line was knocked down in Madison. Pea size hail was also observed with this thunderstorm. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 2538 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 250105
SVRATL
GAC133-211-250130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
904 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 856 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF BUCKHEAD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MADISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS MAY
KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER
NOW.
DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL 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.
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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.