Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Atlanta, GA
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:25 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Macon, GA | The 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.
- 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
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 8350The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 30 min |
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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.