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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 29, 2001Bleckley County, Laurens County, Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2001, 7:42 AM EDT for Bleckley County, Laurens County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2001, 7:42 AM EDT (11:42 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2001, 8:15 AM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 00:00Z on 2001-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 764 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 00:00Z on 2001-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
764 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

415 
WUUS52 KFFC 291143
SVRATL
GAC023-175-289-291215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
742 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 815 AM EDT

* AT 737 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES WEST OF MONTROSE...MOVING EAST AT   
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MONTROSE AND
DUDLEY.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow34 min
May 28, 8:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee29 min
May 28, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow23 min
May 28, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee30 min
May 28, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth23 min
May 28, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Hall33 min
May 28, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett30 min
May 28, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry23 min
May 28, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.