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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 28, 2001Bartow County, Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2001, 2:32 AM EDT for Bartow County, Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 28, 2001, 2:32 AM EDT (06:32 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2001, 3:10 AM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 2:48 AM EDT	Hail 0.75	Cartersville, GA	The Bartow county 911 center reported dime 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 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 579 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

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

107 
WUUS52 KFFC 280634
SVRATL
GAC015-115-233-280710-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
232 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  NORTHERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 310 AM EDT

* AT 225 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 
AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH   LOCATED OVER LINDALE...MOVING EAST AT 40 
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WHITE...
LINDALE...KINGSTON...EUHARLEE AND CARTERSVILLE.

HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE 
STORMS. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

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

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

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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.