Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2001, 5:33 PM EDT for Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
- May 11, 2001, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:50 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Cedartown, GA | The public reported nickel size hail. |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 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 112134 SVRATL GAC233-112200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 533 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDARTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ROCKMART... CEDARTOWN AND ARAGON. HAIL TO THE SIZE NICKELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL9 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 3406 8538 3392 8536 3392 8506 3408 8500
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 23 min |
| May 11, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 31 min |
| May 11, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 29 min |
| May 11, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.