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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 19, 2000Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2000, 7:46 PM EST for Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

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

County Muscogee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2000-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 381 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 7:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Heard, Troup44 min
Mar 19, 8:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson50 min
Mar 19, 8:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Harris, Meriwether, Troup46 min
Mar 19, 8:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee46 min
Mar 19, 8:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.