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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 27, 2000Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2000, 5:59 PM EST for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 16 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 27, 2000, 5:59 PM EST (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2000, 6:15 PM EST
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Emanuel County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2000-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 209 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2000-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 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 272259
SVRATL
GAC107-272315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
559 PM EST MON MAR 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 615 PM EST

* AT 555 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF
  STILLMORE TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STILLMORE TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF STILLMORE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TWIN CITY

SEVERE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 5:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens29 min
Mar 27, 5:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen40 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.