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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 11, 2000Fannin County, Gilmer County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2000, 12:30 AM EST for Fannin County, Gilmer County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
Mar 11, 2000, 12:30 AM EST (05:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2000, 1:15 AM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 11, 12:30 AM ESTHail 0.88East Ellijay, GAThe public reported nickel 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 10, 8:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 00:00Z on 2000-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 172 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 00:00Z on 2000-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 110531
SVRATL
GAC111-123-110615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1230 AM EST SAT MAR 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 115 AM EST

* AT 1227 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLIJAY...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF 
  CHATSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MCCAYSVILLE AND BLUE RIDGE

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM
PASSES.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

IF YOU SEE DAMAGE OR LARGE HAIL...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 7 7 0 4 8 6 1 1 3 3 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.

LAT...LON 3467 8456 3463 8418 3499 8417 3498 8448

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 11:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Polk45 min
Mar 10, 11:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow31 min
Mar 10, 11:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield29 min
Mar 10, 11:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens45 min
Mar 10, 11:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd45 min
Mar 11, 12:07 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCPickens23 min
Mar 11, 12:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUnion25 min
Mar 11, 1:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, Union46 min
Mar 11, 9:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee27 min
Mar 11, 9:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris31 min
Mar 11, 10:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Talbot31 min
Mar 11, 10:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor, Upson32 min
Mar 11, 11:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford34 min
Mar 11, 11:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter29 min
Mar 11, 11:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster24 min
Mar 11, 11:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford35 min
Mar 11, 12:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones27 min
Mar 11, 12:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter38 min
Mar 11, 12:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Washington40 min
Mar 11, 12:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren40 min
Mar 11, 1:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston32 min
Mar 11, 1:42 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs33 min
Mar 11, 2:08 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson37 min
Mar 11, 2:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether34 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.