Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2001, 4:42 AM EST for Crawford County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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, 4:42 AM EST (09:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2001, 5:15 AM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, GA, Monroe County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:55 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberta, GA | The Crawford county 911 center reported power lines and trees down along with trees blown down on power lines. |
| Mar 15, 5:05 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Forsyth, GA | The Monroe county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 150943 SVRATL GAC079-171-207-151015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 442 AM EST THU MAR 15 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 515 AM EST * AT 437 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 14 MILES WEST OF CULLODEN TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CULLODEN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...FORSYTH AND CULLODEN. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR sSIGNIFICANT 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 3:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 26 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 | 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.