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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 15, 2001Lamar County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2001, 4:42 AM EST for Lamar County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 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

County Lamar County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2001-03-15Temperature 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2001-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 3:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup35 min
Mar 15, 3:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Troup26 min
Mar 15, 4:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson27 min
Mar 15, 4:37 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCTalbot, Taylor, Upson23 min
Mar 15, 4:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe33 min
Mar 15, 5:01 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCMonroe14 min
Mar 15, 5:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones29 min
Mar 15, 5:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper29 min
Mar 15, 6:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington30 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.