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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 5, 2001Walton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2001, 6:36 PM EDT for Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2001, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Walton County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 052237
SVRATL

GAC297-052315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE FROM LOGANVILLE TO 9 
  MILES SOUTH OF SOCIAL CIRCLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WALNUT
  GROVE...SOCIAL CIRCLE...MONROE...LOGANVILLE...JERSEY...GOOD HOPE 
  AND BETWEEN.

DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR UP TO 15 MILES AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN
AND HAIL. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW!

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER 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 3391 8381 3390 8364 3382 8353 3361 8369
          3366 8375 3367 8380 3378 8396

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
345 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON
IN ADVANCE OF WEAKENING FRONT NEAR TENNESSEE-KENTUCKY BORDER. MODELS
TRY TO BRING THIS FRONT AT LEAST INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA BUT WASHES OUT
QUICKLY. HOWEVER DRIER AIR DOES SEEM TO WORK INTO THE AREA WHICH SHOULD
SQUASH MOST CONVECTION NEXT 2 DAYS. STRONGEST CONVECTION STAYING WEST
OF GEORGIA SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON BUT COULD BE SOME ISOLATED NEAR SEVERE
THIS EVENING WORK INTO NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL PORTION OF STATE
SINCE CAPES IN THE 2000-2500 RANGE. A LOT OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD
BEGIN DIMINISHING BY 8 PM BUT WILL KEEP 3O-50 PERCENT FOR TONIGHT AS
POCKET OF MOISTURE WORKS ACROSS THE AREA. LOOKS LIKE ENOUGH MOISTURE IN
CENTRAL GEORGIA FRIDAY THAT 20 PERCENT LOOKS IN ORDER. UPPER HIGH
THAT IS CURRENTLY OVER COLORADO BUILDS EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL PLAINS
WHICH PUSHES HIGHER TEMPERATURES INTO GEORGIA. AS A RESULT DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES WILL EDGE UPWARDS AND SHOULD REACH THE 90S MUCH OF CWA
NEXT 2 DAYS. UPPER TROUGH TENDS TO HANG ALONG EASTERN COAST THROUGH
COMING WEEK. THIS PATTERN WOULD FAVOR MORE BACKDOOR FRONTS INTO THE
AREA AND SYSTEMS WORKING DOWN THROUGH THE NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW. ANY
CONVECTION THE COMING WEEK WILL TIED MAINLY TO THESE FEATURES.

FCSTID = 38
ATL   69  88  69  93 /  50  10   0   0
AHN   69  90  68  95 /  40  10   0   0
GVL   68  89  69  92 /  40  10   0   0
RMG   68  91  66  94 /  40   0   0   0
CSG   73  93  70  96 /  30  20  10   0
MCN   71  93  69  96 /  30  20  10   0

.ATL...
GA...NONE.

OUR DETAILED COUNTY FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT FOUS52 KFFC
OUR AREA FORECAST FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA CITIES IS
AVAILABLE AT FLUS42 KFFC

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:47 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY, GA
547 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0511 PM    3 NE DALLAS               GA   WIND DAMAGE
07/05/01   PAULDING                       POWER LINES AND TREES
                                          BLOWN DOWN AT BOBO RD AND
                                          EAST PAULDING DR. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0513 PM    DOUGLASVILLE              GA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/05/01   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.

0520 PM    DALLAS                    GA   65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/05/01   PAULDING                       REPORTED BY NEWS MEDIA.

LPR

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, 5:23 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, 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2001 Every 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.