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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 5, 20014 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2001, 4:43 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 32 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: Jul 5, 2001, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2001, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 5:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Allatoona, GA	The Bartow county 911 center reported that five trees were down near Acworth in the extreme southeast part of the county and the public reported that a few trees were also down in Euharlee.

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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 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 052044
SVRATL

GAC015-115-223-233-052115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
443 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 65 MPH
  LOCATED FROM KINGSTON TO CEDARTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...           
  TAYLORSVILLE... ROCKMART...KINGSTON...HIRAM...EUHARLEE...          
  EMERSON...DALLAS...CEDARTOWN ...CARTERSVILLE...BRASWELL AND ARAGON.

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW.

DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR UP TO 10 MILES AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN
AND HAIL. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE 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.

LAT...LON 3397 8538 3390 8530 3391 8504 3382 8503
          3378 8487 3390 8473 3394 8472 3395 8475
          3408t 8475 3413 8466 3434 8495

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Paulding	34 min
Jul 5, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton	37 min
Jul 5, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	45 min
Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette	38 min
Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Heard	38 min
Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Henry	38 min
Jul 5, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	25 min
Jul 5, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton	31 min
Jul 5, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Spalding	38 min
Jul 5, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walton	39 min
Jul 5, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Upson	35 min
Jul 5, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taylor	40 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.