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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 2, 2000Bartow County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2000, 11:48 PM EDT for Bartow County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
Apr 2, 2000, 11:48 PM EDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2000, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bartow County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 11:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 430 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 851 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
430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
851 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
851 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
21.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 030349
SVRATL
GAC015-233-030415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1148 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF ARAGON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST
  OF ROCKMART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KINGSTON...EUHARLEE...
  CEDARTOWN AND CARTERSVILLE

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 1:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk28 min
Apr 3, 2:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Paulding, Polk56 min
Apr 3, 2:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton27 min
Apr 3, 2:57 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth, Fulton33 min
Apr 3, 3:22 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin38 min
Apr 3, 3:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding24 min
Apr 3, 3:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette24 min
Apr 3, 3:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar24 min
Apr 3, 3:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson25 min
Apr 3, 3:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson, White35 min
Apr 3, 4:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding52 min
Apr 3, 4:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones52 min
Apr 3, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk29 min
Apr 3, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding36 min
Apr 3, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee30 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.