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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 1, 2003Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2003, 4:31 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
May 1, 2003, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2003, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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.

188 
WUUS52 KFFC 012031
SVRATL
GAC303-012100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
431 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF OCONEE...MOVING EAST AT 15
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DEEPSTEP...
OCONEE...RIDDLEVILLE...SANDERSVILLE AND TENNILLE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH 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 3302 8306 3282 8299 3287 8261 3312 8268

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford29 min
May 1, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar35 min
May 1, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWheeler30 min
May 1, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair31 min
May 1, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington29 min
May 1, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Laurens28 min
May 1, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge27 min
May 1, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens31 min
May 1, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton25 min
May 1, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb37 min
May 1, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.