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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2001Clarke County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2001, 3:05 PM EDT for Clarke County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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 22, 2001, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2001, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clarke County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 3:17 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWatkinsville, GAThe Oconee County 911 center reported that three trees were blown down.
Jun 22, 3:40 PM EDTHail 0.75Bostwick, GAThe Morgan County 911 center 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2001-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 416 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2001-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-23 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 221906
SVRATL

GAC059-211-219-221945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
305 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH
  LOCATED FROM BOGART TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUTLEDGE...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  WINTERVILLE...WATKINSVILLE...RUTLEDGE...NORTH HIGH 
  SHOALS...MADISON...BOSTWICK...BOGART...BISHOP AND ATHENS.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS
PASS.

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 3391 8326 3399 8327 3405 8338 3392 8361
          3381 8352 3360 8367 3352 8367 3348 8359
          3349 8347 3363 8336 3367 8340 3376 8328
          3381 8331

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall28 min
Jun 21, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart25 min
Jun 21, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker23 min
Jun 21, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly37 min
Jun 21, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart26 min
Jun 22, 10:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhitfield34 min
Jun 22, 10:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray36 min
Jun 22, 12:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Paulding29 min
Jun 22, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson51 min
Jun 22, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks51 min
Jun 22, 1:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Paulding44 min
Jun 22, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether51 min
Jun 22, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston37 min
Jun 22, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee35 min
Jun 22, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton52 min
Jun 22, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson42 min
Jun 22, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee40 min
Jun 22, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Madison, Oglethorpe33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.