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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 373, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 9, 20004 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2000, 8:48 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
Nov 9, 2000, 8:48 AM EST (13:48 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2000, 9:15 AM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cherokee County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA

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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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°0°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.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 091348
SVRATL
GAC057-085-117-121-091415-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 915 AM EST

* AT 846 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF HOLLY SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ALPHARETTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CUMMING.

LAT...LON 3415 8456 3409 8435 3425 8400 3444 8419

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, 8:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding31 min
Nov 9, 8:23 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.