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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 378, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 16, 2000, 8:36 PM EST for Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
- Dec 16, 2000, 8:36 PM EST (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2000, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 8:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott, GA | The Johnson county 911 center reported trees down on U.S. Highway 80 between Scott and Adrian. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 831 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 170137 SVRATL GAC167-303-170200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 836 PM EST SAT DEC 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 900 PM EST * AT 829 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TENNILLE...HARRISON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TENNILLE. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3282 8297 3271 8284 3286 #8255 3311 8267
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 7:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly | 37 min |
| Dec 16, 7:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 28 min |
| Dec 16, 7:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Dec 16, 7:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 36 min |
| Dec 16, 7:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 34 min |
| Dec 16, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 34 min |
| Dec 16, 8:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 47 min |
| Dec 16, 9:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 26 min |
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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.