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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 4, 2001Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2001, 9:48 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2001, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hall County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 10:00 PM EDTHail 1Gainesville, GAThe public reported quarter size hail in Gainesville and a storm spotter reported dime size hail in Clermont.

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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2001-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2437 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 2001-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 050149
SVRATL

GAC139-050215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 945 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLERMONT...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WESTSIDE...
OAKWOOD...GAINESVILLE MILLS...GAINESVILLE AND CLERMONT.

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 3441 8396 3421 8390 3431 8365 3448 8369
          3449 8382

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, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade29 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, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.