Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2001, 10:34 PM EST for Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 3, 2001, 10:34 PM EST (03:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2001, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 10:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle, GA | The Wilcox county 911 center reported 4 to 5 trees down from Rochelle to Abbeville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 9:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 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 040335 SVRATL GAC235-315-040400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1034 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1100 PM EST * AT 1032 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH LOCATED FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAWKINSVILLE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF PITTS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...ROCHELLE... PITTS...PINEVIEW...HAWKINSVILLE AND ABBEVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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 3236 8355 3188 8357 3187 8326 3227 8338
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 10:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 19 min |
| Mar 3, 10:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 11:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 11:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 29 min |
| Mar 4, 12:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 29 min |
| Mar 4, 12:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 19 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.