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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 2001Banks County, Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2001, 9:14 AM EDT for Banks County, Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 9:14 AM EDT (13:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2001, 9:45 AM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Banks County, GA, Hall County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 031316
SVRATL
GAC011-139-031345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
914 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 AM EDT

* AT 910 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LULA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LULA...HOMER   
  AND GILLSVILLE.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL IN GAINESVILLE AT 910 AM.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA.

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.

LAT.p..LON 3443 8375 3426 8379 3425 8369 3431 8362
          3427 8357 3427 8347 3422 8342 3425 8333
          3439 8340

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, 7:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk40 min
Apr 3, 8:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk34 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.