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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 30, 2000Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2000, 10:31 AM EST for Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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 30, 2000, 10:31 AM EST (15:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2000, 11:00 AM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Telfair County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 12:00Z 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 12:00Z on 2000-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

622 
WUUS52 KFFC 301531
SVRATL
GAC271-315-301600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1031 AM EST THU MAR 30 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1100 AM EST

* AT 1030 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ABBEVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  NORTH OF FITZGERALD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS
STORM. A TORNADO COULD ALSO FORM WITH LITTLE WARNING. SEEK SHELTER
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 30, 1:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart34 min
Mar 30, 3:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee30 min
Mar 30, 4:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Sumter31 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, 10:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler36 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.