Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2001, 6:38 PM EST for DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- Feb 16, 2001, 6:38 PM EST (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2001, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 6:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Countywide, GA | The De Kalb county 911 center reported trees and power lines down all across the county. Two trees were blown down on homes. In the Chamblee-Tucker area, winds were estimated at 70 to 80 mph. |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 162339 TORATL GAC089-135-170015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 638 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 715 PM EST * AT 635 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER CLARKSTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH...THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TUCKER...STONE MOUNTAIN...SNELLVILLE...PINE LAKE...MOUNTAIN PARK...LILBURN... LAWRENCEVILLE AND CLARKSTON. 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! 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.S LAT...LON 3391 8428 3376 8425 3378 8400 3397 8387
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, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 33 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, 6:46 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.