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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 375, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 16, 2000Floyd County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 16, 2000, 6:33 PM EST for Floyd County, 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
Dec 16, 2000, 6:33 PM EST (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Dec 16, 2000, 7:00 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Floyd County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 16, 3:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC4 hr
Dec 16, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2000-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2000-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 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 162334
SVRATL
GAC115-170000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
633 PM EST SAT DEC 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 629 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH
  8 MILES WEST OF ROME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHANNON AND
  ROME.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 3434 8533 3419 8523 3435 8501 3445 8512

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 16, 1:50 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCStewart25 min
Dec 16, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattooga25 min
Dec 16, 4:45 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHaralson, Polk30 min
Dec 16, 5:44 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly31 min
Dec 16, 6:37 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Pulaski23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.