Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2001, 10:53 PM EST for Dodge County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- Mar 3, 2001, 10:53 PM EST (03:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2001, 11:30 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 11:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Eastman, GA | The Dodge county 911 center reported that the wing of a glider parked at the Eastman airport was damaged. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 9:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 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 040354 TORATL GAC091-235-040430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1053 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1130 PM EST * AT 1049 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAWKINSVILLE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HAWKINSVILLE AND EASTMAN. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE! 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 10:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 19 min |
| Mar 3, 10:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 11:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 11:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 29 min |
| Mar 4, 12:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 29 min |
| Mar 4, 12:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 19 min |
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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.