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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 22, 2001Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2001, 3:22 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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 22, 2001, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2001, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Washington County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 22, 3:23 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, GA	The Washington county 911 center reported that scattered trees were down across 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
May 22, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 414 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 221922
SVRATL
GAC303-221945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
322 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SANDERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TENNILLE...
  SANDERSVILLE AND DAVISBORO.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH 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 ThOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3306 8287 3289 8280 3294 8254 3314 8269

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 9:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Fulton	29 min
May 22, 10:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett	26 min
May 22, 12:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Towns, Union	25 min
May 22, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon	47 min
May 22, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter, Webster	45 min
May 22, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Peach	24 min
May 22, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	35 min
May 22, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston	25 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.