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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 269, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 5, 2001Cobb County, Douglas County, Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2001, 5:11 PM EDT for Cobb County, Douglas County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2001, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2001, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cobb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2001-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
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 052112
SVRATL

GAC067-097-223-052145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 65 MPH
  LOCATED FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF DALLAS TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  DALLAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...SMYRNA...  
  POWDER SPRINGS...MABLETON...LITHIA SPRINGS...HIRAM...FAIR OAKS...  
  DOUGLASVILLE...DALLAS AND AUSTELL.

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 15 MILES AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN. 
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 3382 8503 3378 8490 3358 8490 3366 8469
          3366 8466 3369 8465 3381 8450 3390 8450
          3408 8472 3410 8486 3398 8486 3390 8503

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Paulding, Polk32 min
Jul 5, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton37 min
Jul 5, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup45 min
Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette38 min
Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard38 min
Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry38 min
Jul 5, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale25 min
Jul 5, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton31 min
Jul 5, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding38 min
Jul 5, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton39 min
Jul 5, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson35 min
Jul 5, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.