Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2000, 5:20 PM EST for Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 27, 2000, 5:20 PM EST (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2000, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Treutlen County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:32 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Norristown, GA | The Emanuel county sheriff's office reported thunderstorm winds knocked trees and power lines down between Norristown and Swainsboro on Highway 221 South. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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 272221 SVRATL GAC107-283-272300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 520 PM EST MON MAR 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 600 PM EST * AT 514 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWAINSBORO TO 9 MILES NORTH OF SOPERTON TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOPERTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TWIN CITY AND STILLMORE SEVEeRE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE AS DESTRUCTIVE AS A TORNADO. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. 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 27, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 16 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.