Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2001, 6:22 PM EST for Dawson County, Forsyth County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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
- Feb 16, 2001, 6:22 PM EST (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2001, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 6:22 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Adamsville, GA | The Roswell police reported several trees down, some of which were on power lines. Another report was received from the public in Roswell of small trees down. Other trees were reported down on Park Bridge Road and Old Milton Parkway. The public reported 20 |
| Feb 16, 6:23 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Ducktown, GA | The public reported 15 large oak and pine trees blown down in extreme western Forsyth county at Ducktown near the Cherokee county line. In addition, a tin roof was ripped off a barn. All of the debris was blown toward the east. In southeast Forsyth county, |
| Feb 16, 7:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawsonville, GA | The Dawson county 911 center reported numerous trees down on Georgia Highway 136 and Georgia Highway 400 in Dawsonville. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 90 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
695 WUUS52 KFFC 162324 SVRATL GAC077-085-117-121-170000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 622 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EST * AT 618 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 75 MPH LOCATED FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSWELL TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALMETTO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...UNION CITY...SENOIA...SANDY SPRINGS...ROSWELL...PALMETTO...NEWNAN... HAPEVILLE...GRANTVILLE...FAIRBURN...EAST POINT...EAST NEWNAN... CUMMING...COLLEGE PARK...ATLANTA AND ALPHARETTA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 4:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 23 min |
| Feb 16, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 46 min |
| Feb 16, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 46 min |
| Feb 16, 5:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 28 min |
| Feb 16, 5:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 23 min |
| Feb 16, 6:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 6:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Heard | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 6:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 37 min |
| Feb 16, 6:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 38 min |
| Feb 16, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Feb 16, 6:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale | 41 min |
| Feb 16, 6:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 41 min |
| Feb 16, 6:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Feb 16, 6:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 6:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 6:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow | 44 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.