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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 365, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2000, 8:54 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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
- Sep 4, 2000, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County DeKalb County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 9:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Mtn, GA | The De Kalb county 911 center reported some trees down, some of which were on power lines. |
| Sep 4, 9:14 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Tucker, GA | The De Kalb county 911 center reported dime size hail. |
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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1372 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1360 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 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 050055 SVRATL GAC089-050145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 854 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 851 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF STONE MOUNTAIN...OR ABOUT OVER MOUNTAIN PARK...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TUCKER...SCOTTDALE... REDAN...PINE LAKE...NORTH DECATUR...CLARKSTON AND AVONDALE ESTATES. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE AS DESTRUCTIVE AS A TORNADO. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. 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 3382 8434 3365 8415 3377 8409 3390 8423
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.