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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 330

May 23, 200015 counties in Georgia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 23, 2000, 5:30 PM EDT for 15 counties in Georgia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2000, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2000, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Banks County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSwain45 min

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 2000-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.