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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 27, 2001Bibb County, Houston County, Peach County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2001, 7:16 PM EDT for Bibb County, Houston County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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 27, 2001, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2001, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 7:25 PM EDTHail 1Macon, GAThe public reported quarter size hail in Macon.

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 2001-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 831 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 2001-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
831 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1049 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 272317
SVRATL

GAC021-153-225-280000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
716 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTERVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WARNER       
  ROBINS...ROBINS AFB...PAYNE...MACON...CENTERVILLE AND BYRON.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 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 93 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3294 8372 3284 8389 3271 8377 3256 8390
          3250 8356 3263 8356 3267 8361 3272 8361
          3283 8350

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Hall26 min
Jun 27, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper33 min
Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Putnam30 min
Jun 27, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Johnson38 min
Jun 27, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Putnam30 min
Jun 27, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson30 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.