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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 25, 2003Marion County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2003, 9:01 PM EDT for Marion County, Georgia. It was in force for 14 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2003, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 25, 6:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 88 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
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
88 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

861 
WUUS52 KFFC 260101
SVRATL
GAC197-260115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
900 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 859 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF PRESTON MOVING EAST AT 25 
  MPH.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

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 3227 8455 3213 8452 3213 8442 3229 8440

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster44 min
Apr 25, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker29 min
Apr 25, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSchley, Sumter32 min
Apr 25, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Webster29 min
Apr 25, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter43 min
Apr 25, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Macon66 min
Apr 25, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly34 min
Apr 25, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk32 min
Apr 25, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk22 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.