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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 19, 2001Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2001, 3:51 PM EST for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2001, 3:51 PM EST (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2001, 4:15 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Wilcox County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 19, 11:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Jan 19, 1:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 308 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 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 192052
SVRATL

GAC315-192115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
351 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 348 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF ROCHELLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ROCHELLE     
  AND ABBEVILLE.

WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

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 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3185 8333 3192 8323 3210 8334 3191 8355
          3185 8347

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 11:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart39 min
Jan 19, 11:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton32 min
Jan 19, 12:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Taylor51 min
Jan 19, 12:21 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTaylor39 min
Jan 19, 12:40 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford35 min
Jan 19, 12:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale34 min
Jan 19, 12:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton34 min
Jan 19, 12:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb35 min
Jan 19, 1:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones23 min
Jan 19, 1:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Putnam35 min
Jan 19, 2:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren34 min
Jan 19, 2:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Washington36 min
Jan 19, 3:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens29 min
Jan 19, 3:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Johnson, Washington35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.