Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2001, 7:15 PM EST for Butts County, Jasper County, Morgan County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2001, 7:15 PM EST (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2001, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butts County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 7:25 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, GA | The Morgan county 911 center reported that trees and power lines were down throughout the county. |
| Feb 16, 7:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsboro, GA | The Jasper county 911 center reported that three trees were blown down just north of Hillsboro. |
| Feb 16, 7:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthville, GA | The Butts county 911 center reported 2 trees down, one on a power line. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
543 WUUS52 KFFC 170015 SVRATL GAC035-059-159-195-211-219-170100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 715 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 800 PM EST * AT 710 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH LOCATED FROM 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATHENS TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... WINTERVILLE...WATKINSVILLE...MONTICELLO...MADISON...JACKSON...GAINES SCHOOL...FLOVILLA...COMER AND ATHENS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 7:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 7:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oconee | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe | 42 min |
| Feb 17, 1:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 21 min |
| Feb 17, 1:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 25 min |
| Feb 17, 1:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 25 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.