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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 21, 2001Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2001, 11:43 AM EDT for Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 21, 2001, 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2001, 12:15 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 21, 11:50 AM EDT	Hail 0.75	Alamo, GA	The Alamo Police Department reported dime size hail.

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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 984 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 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 211543
SVRATL
GAC271-309-211615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1143 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT

* AT 1140 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MCRAE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SCOTLAND...
MCRAE...HELENA...GLENWOOD AND ALAMO.

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 3211 8296 3197 8298 3197 8262 3228 8268

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 12:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	27 min
Jun 21, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Macon	37 min
Jun 21, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	33 min
Jun 21, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly	35 min
Jun 21, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones	45 min
Jun 21, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	49 min
Jun 21, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	43 min
Jun 21, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Taylor	27 min
Jun 21, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts	35 min
Jun 21, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Polk	27 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.