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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 706

August 24, 20008 counties in Alabama; 50 counties in Georgia; 14 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 24, 2000, 3:30 PM CDT for 8 counties in Alabama; 50 counties in Georgia; 14 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2000, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties

Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Marshall County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Hart County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb31 min
Aug 24, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville50 min
Aug 24, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon33 min
Aug 24, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg47 min
Aug 24, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson35 min
Aug 24, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton36 min
Aug 24, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan26 min

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2000-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 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 2000-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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 South Carolina, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 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.