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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 12, 2001Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2001, 3:28 PM EDT for Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 12, 2001, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2001, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 12, 3:40 PM EDT	Hail 0.88	Sandersville, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 17 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 121928
SVRATL
GAC167-303-122000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
328 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF RIDDLEVILLE TO
  WRIGHTSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  WRIGHTSVILLE...TENNILLE...SANDERSVILLE...RIDDLEVILLE AND HARRISON.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

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 3286 8293 3264 8269 3289 8255 3315 8282

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Peach	13 min
May 12, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston	35 min
May 12, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Twiggs	29 min
May 12, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley	28 min
May 12, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb	36 min

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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.