Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2001, 6:48 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 9, 2001, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2001, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherokee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Woodstock, GA | The public reported that two trees were blown down on Arnold Mill Road and the Cherokee county 911 center reported that several large size tree branches were knocked down in town as well. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 092250 SVRATL GAC057-067-223-092330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 648 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...LOCATED FROM 9 MILES WEST OF ACWORTH TO CANTON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... WOODSTOCK...SMYRNA...POWDER SPRINGS...MARIETTA...MABLETON... KENNESAW...HOLLY SPRINGS...FAIR OAKS...DALLAS...CANTON...BALL GROUND AND ACWORTH. DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR UP TO 5 MILES AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. 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.K
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 45 min |
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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.