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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 2000Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2000, 4:31 PM EDT for Haralson County, Polk 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2000, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2000, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 2:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 12:00Z on 2000-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 162 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 12:00Z on 2000-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 032032
SVRATL
GAC143-233-032100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
431 PM EDT MON APR 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDARTOWN...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIEDMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE kIS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW.

LAT...LON 3386 8566 3372 8553 3389 8505 3408 8514

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Polk27 min
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, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding36 min
Apr 3, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.