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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 2001Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2001, 6:08 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2001, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2001, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Troup County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 334 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 032209
TORATL

GAC285-032245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
608 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF LA GRANGE.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LA GRANGE.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A SAFE
PLACE NOW!

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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth	25 min
Apr 3, 7:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Hall	35 min
Apr 3, 7:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	40 min
Apr 3, 8:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	34 min
Apr 3, 9:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall	31 min
Apr 3, 9:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gordon	27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.