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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 4, 2001Dade County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2001, 8:26 PM EDT for Dade County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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 4, 2001, 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2001, 8:55 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Dade County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2001-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2103 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2001-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
2103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 050027
SVRATL

GAC083-050055-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 855 PM EDT

* AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TRENTON.

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 3489 8567 3474 8548 3497 8538 3499 8558

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon25 min
Jun 4, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow24 min
Jun 4, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield39 min
Jun 4, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson41 min
Jun 4, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike29 min
Jun 4, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether26 min
Jun 4, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee21 min
Jun 4, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall27 min
Jun 4, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall, White22 min
Jun 5, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding28 min
Jun 5, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Macon, Peach34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.