Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2000, 7:46 PM EST for Harris County, Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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 19, 2000, 7:46 PM EST (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2000, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 8:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grange, GA | Troup county 911 reported several treees blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 632 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 200047 SVRATL GAC145-149-215-285-200130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 746 PM EST SUN MAR 19 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 830 PM EST * AT 745PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKLIN TO 6 MILES WEST OF WEST POINT TO 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WAVERLY HALL...PINE MOUNTAIN...LA GRANGE AND HOGANSVILLE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Muscogee | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 8:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 50 min |
| Mar 19, 8:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 8:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Muscogee | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 8:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.