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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 14, 2001Gilmer County, Murray County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 8:59 PM EDT for Gilmer County, Murray County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 14, 2001, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2001, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Gilmer County, GA, Murray County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 2001-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1276 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2001-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
1276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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 150100
SVRATL

GAC123-213-150145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
859 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATSWORTH...MOVING EAST
  AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ELLIJAY 
  AND CHATSWORTH.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 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 3478 8481 3461 8483 3455 8449 3479 8447

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler29 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.