Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2001, 8:59 PM EDT for Dawson County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
- Jun 4, 2001, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2001, 9:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Dawson County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 9:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawsonville, GA | The Dawson County 911 center reported that two trees were blown down and some power lines were down as well. |
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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
828 WUUS52 KFFC 050100 SVRATL GAC085-050140- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 859 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 940 PM EDT * AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAWSONVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF DAWSONVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... DAWSONVILLE. 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 3434 8423 3434 8399 3455 8421 3455 8432
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 21 min |
| Jun 4, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 22 min |
| Jun 5, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.