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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 3, 2001Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 4:23 PM EDT for Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2001, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 4:43 PM EDTHail 1Acworth, GAThe public reported quarter size hail in Acworth and an amateur radio operator reported dime size hail in Smyrna.

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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 2001-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1236 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 2001-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 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
1236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 032023
SVRATL
GAC077-113-032100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST NEWNAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WOOLSEY...
TYRONE...TURIN...SHARPSBURG...SENOIA...PEACHTREE CITY...NEWNAN...
MORELAND...GRANTVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE AND EAST NEWNAN.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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.

LAT...LON 3341 8496 3321 8483 3332 8440 3352 8449

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas39 min
Jun 3, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga41 min
Jun 3, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris36 min
Jun 3, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton30 min
Jun 3, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Hall23 min
Jun 3, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding29 min
Jun 3, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether38 min
Jun 3, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup34 min
Jun 3, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett23 min
Jun 3, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll36 min
Jun 3, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk46 min
Jun 3, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson23 min
Jun 3, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson, Madison34 min
Jun 3, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton28 min
Jun 3, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe26 min
Jun 3, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb37 min
Jun 3, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton32 min
Jun 3, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Peach43 min
Jun 3, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas33 min
Jun 3, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb33 min
Jun 3, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Spalding47 min
Jun 3, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe35 min
Jun 3, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding33 min
Jun 3, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson32 min
Jun 3, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton30 min
Jun 3, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett25 min
Jun 3, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson36 min
Jun 3, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones50 min
Jun 3, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll46 min
Jun 3, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry45 min
Jun 3, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb28 min
Jun 3, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton35 min
Jun 3, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones47 min
Jun 3, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton42 min
Jun 3, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski35 min
Jun 3, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes31 min
Jun 3, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry40 min
Jun 3, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper42 min
Jun 3, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton23 min
Jun 3, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan33 min
Jun 3, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta31 min
Jun 3, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson55 min
Jun 3, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren33 min
Jun 3, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam32 min
Jun 3, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin23 min
Jun 3, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Taylor48 min
Jun 3, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup32 min
Jun 3, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock25 min
Jun 3, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen44 min
Jun 3, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson44 min
Jun 3, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.