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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 25, 2001Marion County, Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 25, 2001, 2:16 AM EST for Marion County, Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
Nov 25, 2001, 2:16 AM EST (07:16 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 2001, 2:45 AM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Marion County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2001-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 193 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2001-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 318 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

331 
WUUS52 KFFC 250717
SVRATL
GAC197-259-307-250745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
216 AM EST SUN NOV 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 245 AM EST

* AT 213 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH   
LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RURAL
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY AND RURAL NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY.

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 3221 8476 3205 8466 3213 8443 3235 8439

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 25, 1:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart30 min
Nov 25, 2:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart47 min
Nov 25, 4:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2001Every 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.