Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2001, 3:49 AM EST for Coweta County, Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 15, 2001, 3:49 AM EST (08:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2001, 4:15 AM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coweta County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester, GA | A storm spotter reported several trees down in Manchester, one of which was down on Georgia Highway 190. |
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 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 2123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 150849 SVRATL GAC077-199-285-150915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 349 AM EST THU MAR 15 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA EASTERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 415 AM EST * AT 345 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH LOCATED FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF NEWNAN TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...TURIN... SHARPSBURG...NEWNAN...MORELAND...LUTHERSVILLE...LONE OAK... HOGANSVILLE...GREENVILLE...GRANTVILLE...GAY AND EAST NEWNAN. 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 3b 4 4 6 6.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 4:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 4:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 4:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 4:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 5:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Monroe | 14 min |
| Mar 15, 5:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 5:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 6:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 30 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.