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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 21, 2001Houston County, Macon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2001, 1:08 PM EDT for Houston County, Macon County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2001, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Houston County, GA, Macon County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 1:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMarshallville, GAThe Marshallville Police Department reported that a few trees were blown down.

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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2001-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 852 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2001-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
852 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 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 211708
SVRATL
GAC153-193-211745-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MARSHALLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

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 3251 8398 3240 8405 3229 8376 3237 8361

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 11:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler32 min
Jun 21, 12:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs27 min
Jun 21, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs33 min
Jun 21, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly35 min
Jun 21, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones45 min
Jun 21, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens49 min
Jun 21, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington43 min
Jun 21, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor27 min
Jun 21, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts35 min
Jun 21, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk27 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.