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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 3, 2001Glascock County, Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 7:16 PM EDT for Glascock County, Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
Jun 3, 2001, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 7:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, GAThe Glascock County 911 center reported that trees and power lines were down all across the county.

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.

655 
WUUS52 KFFC 032317
SVRATL
GAC107-125-163-167-175-283-040000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  GLASCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MITCHELL TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ADRIAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WADLEY...
  STAPLETON...MITCHELL...LOUISVILLE...KITE...GIBSON...EDGE 
  HILL...BARTOW...AVERA AND ADRIAN.

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
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, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette37 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, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.