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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 2000Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2000, 3:51 PM EDT for Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2000, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2000, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Polk County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 3:57 PM EDTHail 1Cedartown, GAPolk county 911 and the public reported dime to quarter size hail.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2000-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2000-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 031953
SVRATL
GAC233-032015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
351 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF CEDARTOWN...MOVING NORTHWEST
  AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CASEYVILLE AND
  LAKE CREEK.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL 3APPLIANCES.

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
May 3, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta32 min
May 3, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas23 min
May 3, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas35 min
May 3, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta45 min
May 3, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding47 min
May 3, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Spalding31 min
May 3, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard53 min
May 3, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether52 min
May 3, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow50 min
May 3, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee51 min
May 3, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton45 min
May 3, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe29 min
May 3, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon29 min
May 3, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe32 min
May 3, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts36 min
May 3, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb30 min
May 3, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.