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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 361, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 28, 2000Greene County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT for Greene County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Greene County, GA, Putnam County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 28, 6:10 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Phoenix, GA	The public reported dime size hail along Harmon and Old Phoenix roads at the Cuscowilla Golf Club, just north of Phoenix.

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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 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 282202
SVRATL
GAC133-237-282230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY...OR
  ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBORO...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE REYNOLDS PLANTATION...
  PHOENIX AND ROCKVILLE.

LARGE 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.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 7 7 0 4 8 6 1 1 3 3 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.

LAT...LON 3348 8311 3345 E8332 3318 8333 3332 8314

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Putnam	46 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.