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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 4, 2001Crisp County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2001, 6:29 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 16 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
Jun 4, 2001, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2001, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Crisp County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2001-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 865 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 2001-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -128 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
865 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-103 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 042229
SVRATL
GAC081-042245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
629 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CORDELE...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CORDELE AND
ARABI.

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 3M 4 4 6 6.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter28 min
Jun 3, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart32 min
Jun 3, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter44 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.