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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 15, 2001Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2001, 9:30 AM EDT for Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2001, 9:30 AM EDT (13:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2001, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Polk County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 9:51 AM EDTThunderstorm WindRockmart, GAThe Polk county 911 center reported several large tree limbs down across power lines.

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 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2001-04-15Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -81 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
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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 151332 CCA
SVRATL

GAC233-151400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
930 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT

* AT 928 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CEDARTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 80 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
TAYLORSVILLE...ROCKMART...CEDARTOWN AND ARAGON.

DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR UP TO 60 MPH WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. MOVE 
TO A SAFE PLACE 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 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3407 8531 3389 8527 3396 8497 3409 8494

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.