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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 4, 2001Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2001, 12:01 AM EST for Emanuel 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2001, 12:01 AM EST (05:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2001, 12:30 AM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Emanuel County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 3, 9:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2001-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2001-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

588 
WUUS52 KFFC 040502
SVRATL
GAC107-040530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1201 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 AM EST

* AT 1158 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH
  LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUMMERTOWN TO 12 MILES WEST OF
  OAK PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...TWIN
  CITY...SWAINSBORO...SUMMERTOWN...STILLMORE...OAK PARK AND NUNEZ.

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
Mar 3, 10:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly19 min
Mar 3, 10:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski, Wilcox26 min
Mar 3, 10:53 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Pulaski37 min
Mar 3, 11:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler23 min
Mar 3, 11:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Treutlen29 min
Mar 4, 12:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs19 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.