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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 2000Meriwether County, Pike County, Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2000, 8:17 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Pike County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2000, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Upson 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2000-04-04Temperature 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -346 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
1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 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 040018
SVRATL
GAC199-231-293-040045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 817 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WOODBURY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF
  MANCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ZEBULON AND MANCHESTER

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

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

LAT...LON 3299 8473 3284 8462 3301 8427 3318 8432

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 8:26 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPike34 min
Apr 3, 8:45 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCButts, Spalding30 min
Apr 3, 9:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTalbot, Taylor, Upson37 min
Apr 3, 9:28 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMonroe17 min
Apr 3, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Putnam38 min
Apr 3, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper38 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.