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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 19, 2001Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2001, 11:58 AM EST for Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2001, 11:58 AM EST (16:58 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2001, 12:30 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 19, 12:00 PM ESTThunderstorm WindDouglasville, GAAn off duty National Weather Service employee reported 4 trees down along Georgia Highway 166 south of Douglasville and another tree was also reported down by the public in the same general area.
Jan 19, 12:10 PM ESTThunderstorm WindUnion City, GAThe Fulton county 911 center, local county and city officials, and the Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported that strong winds knocked down numerous large trees causing damage to automobiles and homes. At least eight homes were damaged significantly as la

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 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2001-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2001-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 191700
SVRATL

GAC097-121-191730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1158 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1230 PM EST

* AT 1148 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH   
LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOUGLASVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 
MPH.

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

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIO#NAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 11:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart39 min
Jan 19, 12:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Taylor51 min
Jan 19, 12:21 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTaylor39 min
Jan 19, 12:40 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford35 min
Jan 19, 12:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale34 min
Jan 19, 12:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton34 min
Jan 19, 12:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb35 min
Jan 19, 1:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones23 min
Jan 19, 1:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Putnam35 min
Jan 19, 2:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren34 min
Jan 19, 2:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Washington36 min
Jan 19, 3:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens29 min
Jan 19, 3:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Johnson, Washington35 min
Jan 19, 3:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox24 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.