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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 11, 2000Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2000, 9:48 AM EST for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
Mar 11, 2000, 9:48 AM EST (14:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2000, 10:15 AM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 11, 10:00 AM ESTThunderstorm WindColumbus, GAThunderstorm winds tore some shingles off the roof of an NWS employee's house. Winds also downed 3 pine trees at an apartment complex.

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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2000-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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 2000-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 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 111448
SVRATL
GAC053-215-111515-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1015 AM EST

* AT 942 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FORT BENNING SOUTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CUSSETA AND COLUMBUS

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW.

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, 12:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer45 min
Mar 11, 12:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUnion25 min
Mar 11, 1:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, Union46 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.