Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 283, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2001, 6:31 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports 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 9, 2001, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2001, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Bartow County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:32 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | White, GA | The public provided numerous reports of hail ranging in size from dime to half-dollar size hail in White to dime to golf ball size hail in Cartersville. Two cars were damaged in Cartersville by the large hail. |
| Jul 9, 6:32 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | White, GA | The Bartow county 911 center, as well as the Cartersville Daily Tribune, reported that several trees were blown down. The Rome News Tribune reported that at least 20 trees were blown down across Bartow county. The Bartow county Emergency Manager reported tha |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1097 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 092233 SVRATL GAC015-092300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 631 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH LOCATED OVER WHITE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES IS ALSO POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WHITE... EUHARLEE...EMERSON AND CARTERSVILLE. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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 3440 8466 3425 8484 3410 8501 3409 8466
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 45 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.