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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 3, 2001Sumter County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 8:17 PM EDT for Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
Jun 3, 2001, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Sumter County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2001-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 231 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 2001-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -126 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
231 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

998 
WUUS52 KFFC 040019
SVRATL
GAC261-040045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 817 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMERICUS...MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SOUTHER
  FIELD...NEW ERA...AND METHVINS.


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

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 3213 8422 3197 8414 3205 8398 3218 8409

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart32 min
Jun 3, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter44 min
Jun 4, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp16 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter30 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.