Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2001, 6:46 PM EST for Banks County, Hall County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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, 6:46 PM EST (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2001, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Banks County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 6:47 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, GA | The Hall county 911 center reported trees and power lines down throughout the county. |
| Feb 16, 6:52 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville, GA | The Jackson county 911 center reported that some trees and power lines were blown down in the extreme northern part of the county in the Maysville area. |
| Feb 16, 6:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer, GA | The Banks county 911 center reported that a barn was destroyed and several trees were blown down in the extreme south central part of the county near Maysville and the Jackson county line. |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 162347 SVRATL GAC011-013-139-157-217-297-170030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 646 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 730 PM EST * AT 641 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH LOCATED FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLOWERY BRANCH TO 53 MILES WEST OF PORTERDALE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WINDER... WESTSIDE...STATHAM...SOCIAL CIRCLE...RUSSELL...PORTERDALE...OXFORD... OAKWOOD...MONROE...MAYSVILLE...LULA...LOGANVILLE...JEFFERSON... HOSCHTON...HOMER...GAINESVILLE MILLS...GAINESVILLE...FLOWERY BRANCH...COVINGTON...COMMERCE AND ARCADE. 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 | Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton | 38 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 | 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.