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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 16, 2001Forsyth County, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2001, 6:27 PM EST for Forsyth County, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2001, 6:27 PM EST (23:27 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2001, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 16, 6:38 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, GA	The public reported trees and power lines down throughout the county. In Lawrenceville, a steel shed was blown off its foundation and landed on a fence

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
Feb 16, 5:00 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 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 
WFUS52 KFFC 162328
TORATL

GAC117-121-135-170000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
627 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTH FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 623 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER ROSWELL...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH...THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO
  AT ANY TIME.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SUGAR HILL...
  ROSWELL...CUMMING AND ALPHARETTA.

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...LARGE HAIL AND 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
Feb 16, 4:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Polk	23 min
Feb 16, 5:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	46 min
Feb 16, 5:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll	46 min
Feb 16, 5:47 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Paulding, Polk	28 min
Feb 16, 5:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow	23 min
Feb 16, 6:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb	29 min
Feb 16, 6:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Heard	29 min
Feb 16, 6:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas	37 min
Feb 16, 6:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton	38 min
Feb 16, 6:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta	38 min
Feb 16, 6:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale	41 min
Feb 16, 6:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette	41 min
Feb 16, 6:38 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett	37 min
Feb 16, 6:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	44 min
Feb 16, 6:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Walton	44 min
Feb 16, 6:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow	44 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.