Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2001, 5:01 AM EST for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 14 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 15, 2001, 5:01 AM EST (10:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2001, 5:15 AM EST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 5:05 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Forsyth, GA | The Monroe county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 2123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 151001 TORATL GAC207-151015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 501 AM EST THU MAR 15 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 515 AM EST * AT 458 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SMARR AND BOLINGBROKE. 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! 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. LAT...LON 3300 8400 3286 /8396 3293 8376 3311 8378
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 3:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 4:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 4:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 4:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 4:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 5:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 5:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 6:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 30 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.