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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 19, 2000Carroll County, Haralson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2000, 8:10 PM EST for Carroll County, Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2000, 8:10 PM EST (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2000, 9:00 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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°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 200112
SVRATL
GAC045-143-200200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
810 PM EST SUN MAR 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 900 PM EST

* AT 804 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES   
NORTHWEST OF TALLAPOOSA TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLAPOOSA TO 10   
MILES SOUTH OF BOWDON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WHITESBURG...TEMPLE...
  CARROLLTON...BUCHANAN AND BREMEN

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE 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.

LAT...LON 3390 8554 3363 8542 3344 8529 3348 8491
          3372 8499 3388 8506

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, 7:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee44 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.