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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 11, 2001Dooly County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2001, 7:07 PM EDT for Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2001, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2001, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Dooly County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2001-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 57 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 112307
SVRATL
GAC093-112330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
707 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER DOOLING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY
  STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LILLY...     
  DOOLING AND BYROMVILLE.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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...LON 3227 8390 3217 8402 3204 8393 3227 8381

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta23 min
May 11, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup31 min
May 11, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk27 min
May 11, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot29 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.