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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 372, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 9, 2000Cobb County, Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2000, 8:14 AM EST for Cobb County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
Nov 9, 2000, 8:14 AM EST (13:14 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2000, 8:45 AM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cobb County, GA, Paulding County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 9, 8:15 AM ESTThunderstorm WindDallas, GAThe Paulding county 911 center reported that large tree limbs were blown off trees near Winndale Road and Georgia Highway 61.
Nov 9, 8:17 AM ESTThunderstorm WindMarietta, GAThe Cobb county 911 center reported trees down on Powder Springs Road near Macland Road.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 9, 4:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2000-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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 2000-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 417 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 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.

751 
WUUS52 KFFC 091314
SVRATL
GAC067-223-091345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
814 AM EST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 AM EST

* AT 808 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DALLAS...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SMYRNA...POWDER SPRINGS...
  MARIETTA...KENNESAW...HIRAM...FAIR OAKS AND ACWORTH.

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 3408 8488 3380 8483 3387 8449 3408 8451

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 3:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd35 min
Nov 9, 8:23 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton37 min
Nov 9, 8:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton27 min
Nov 9, 11:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart41 min
Nov 9, 11:28 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee32 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.