Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2001, 5:23 PM EDT for Clayton County, DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Clayton County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:27 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 53 M | Riverdale, GA | The Clayton county 911 center reported that a tree had fallen down on the roof of a house in Riverdale. The ASOS at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport recorded 61 mph. |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 052124 SVRATL GAC063-089-121-052200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 523 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAST POINT TO CONLEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...REDAN... PANTHERSVILLE...LITHONIA...HAPEVILLE...FOREST PARK...EAST POINT... CONLEY...COLLEGE PARK...AND ATLANTA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. 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 3375 8460 3359 8455 3365 8412 3377 8406
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Paulding, Polk | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 34 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.