Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 5, 2001, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 2001, 4:30 PM EDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS52 KFFC 052002
SVRATL
GAC199-231-255-052030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
402 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER GAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GAY AND
CONCORD.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA.

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 3316 8473 3300 8463 3310 8435 3329 8444

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 3:35 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
335 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001

ATMOSPHERE SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE THAN PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT WILL
STILL SEE WIDELY SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON CONVECTION LINGERING INTO
THE EVENING ACROSS MAINLY NORTH GEORGIA. MAY BUMP POPS UP A BIT FROM
NUMBERS LISTED BELOW BY THE TIME I ISSUE ZONES BASED ON LAST MINUTE
RADAR/SATELLITE TRENDS. BEST RAIN CHANCES COME IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY AS UPPER FLOW BECOMES NORTHWEST WITH TROUGH DIGGING
INTO THE EAST COAST. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES IN THURSDAY WITH
SLIGHTLY DRIER AIRMASS MOVING IN FOR FRIDAY. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
SHOULD KEEP SCATTERED CONVECTION IN FOR FRIDAY. SATURDAY LOOKS DRY
FOR NOW BUT SOME LINGERING POPS MAY BE NEEDED IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA DEPENDING ON SOUTHERN PUSH OF THE FRONT. NEXT
SURFACE BOUNDARY PUSHES THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SCATTERED POPS. END OF
THE EXTENDED PERIOD LOOKS DRY.

FCSTID = 20
ATL   67  87  67  80 /  20  50  60  70
AHN   65  87  68  82 /  20  50  60  70
GVL   66  86  68  81 /  20  50  60  70
RMG   67  88  66  81 /  20  50  60  70
CSG   68  88  70  85 /  10  30  40  60
MCN   67  89  -69  86 /  10  30  40  60

.ATL...
GA...NONE.

MSS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.