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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 30, 2000Dooly County, Sumter County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2000, 4:59 AM EST for Dooly County, Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 30, 2000, 4:59 AM EST (09:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2000, 5:30 AM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dooly County, GA, Sumter County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2000-03-30Temperature 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 2000-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 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
2017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
374 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.

165 
WUUS52 KFFC 300959
SVRATL
GAC093-261-301030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
459 AM EST THU MAR 30 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 AM EST

* AT 456 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF VIENNA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF AMERICUS...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM
PASSES.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

LAT...LON 3217 8411 3203 8406 3207 8362 3228 8364

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 1:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart34 min
Mar 30, 3:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee30 min
Mar 30, 7:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether32 min
Mar 30, 10:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox59 min
Mar 30, 10:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wilcox29 min
Mar 30, 10:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler36 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.