Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2001, 1:25 PM EST for Baldwin County, Hancock County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
- Jan 19, 2001, 1:25 PM EST (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2001, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Putnam County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Sparta, GA | The Hancock county 911 center reported that trees were blown down 5 miles east of Sparta and also on the west side of the county. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 11:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 191826 SVRATL GAC009-141-237-191900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 125 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 200 PM EST * AT 123 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MILLEDGEVILLE...NONA...FLATROCK AND DEVEREUX. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3321 8344 3304 8338 3322 8301 3337 8318
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 11:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 39 min |
| Jan 19, 11:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 32 min |
| Jan 19, 12:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Taylor | 51 min |
| Jan 19, 12:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Taylor | 39 min |
| Jan 19, 12:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford | 35 min |
| Jan 19, 12:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 34 min |
| Jan 19, 12:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 34 min |
| Jan 19, 12:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 35 min |
| Jan 19, 1:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 23 min |
| Jan 19, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 34 min |
| Jan 19, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 36 min |
| Jan 19, 3:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 29 min |
| Jan 19, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 35 min |
| Jan 19, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 24 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.