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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 16, 2001Bartow County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2001, 5:52 PM EST for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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
Feb 16, 2001, 5:52 PM EST (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2001, 6:15 PM EST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bartow County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 16, 6:15 PM ESTThunderstorm WindCartersville, GAThe Bartow county 911 center reported that a few trees were blown down in Cartersville.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 16, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2001-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2001-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 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 162253
SVRATL
GAC015-162315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
552 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 615 PM EST

* AT 549 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH      
  LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF CARTERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KINGSTON...  
  EUHARLEE AND CARTERSVILLE.

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 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3439 8474 3428 8502 3410 8504 3412 8480
          3415 8470 3425 8470

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 4:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk23 min
Feb 16, 5:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk46 min
Feb 16, 5:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll46 min
Feb 16, 5:47 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCPaulding, Polk28 min
Feb 16, 6:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb29 min
Feb 16, 6:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Heard29 min
Feb 16, 6:08 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCobb, Douglas37 min
Feb 16, 6:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Fulton38 min
Feb 16, 6:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta38 min
Feb 16, 6:27 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett33 min
Feb 16, 6:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale41 min
Feb 16, 6:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette41 min
Feb 16, 6:38 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett37 min
Feb 16, 6:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson44 min
Feb 16, 6:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Walton44 min
Feb 16, 6:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow44 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.