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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 2001Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2001, 7:50 AM EDT for Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 3, 2001, 7:50 AM EDT (11:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2001, 8:30 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2001-04-03Temperature 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 2001-04-03The 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
3114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth25 min
Apr 3, 7:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Hall35 min
Apr 3, 8:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk34 min
Apr 3, 9:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall31 min
Apr 3, 9:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon27 min
Apr 3, 6:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTroup37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.