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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 17, 2001Hancock County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 2001, 1:35 AM EST for Hancock County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2001, 1:35 AM EST (06:35 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 2001, 2:00 AM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2001-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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 2001-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

616 
WUUS52 KFFC 170636
SVRATL
GAC141-170700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
135 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 200 AM EST

* AT 129 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH 
  LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SPARTA.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 7:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Morgan45 min
Feb 16, 7:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison45 min
Feb 16, 7:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee45 min
Feb 16, 7:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe42 min
Feb 17, 1:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin21 min
Feb 17, 1:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.