Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2001, 4:31 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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
- Aug 24, 2001, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2001, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 4:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 E | Avera, GA | The Avera Post Office estimated wind gusts at 65 mph. |
| Aug 24, 4:40 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Avera, GA | The Avera Post Office reported dime size hail. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
955 WUUS52 KFFC 242031 SVRATL GAC163-242115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 431 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER STAPLETON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WRENS... STAPLETON...LOUISVILLE AND AVERA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 28 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.