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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 1, 2003Macon County, Schley County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2003, 9:16 PM EDT for Macon County, Schley 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, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2003, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Macon County, GA, Schley County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2003-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1117 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
1117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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.

309 
WUUS52 KFFC 020116
SVRATL
GAC193-249-020145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CENTRAL SCHLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER IDEAL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...IDEAL.

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 3247 8423 3231 8431 3223 8429 3235 8397

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb29 min
May 1, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter22 min
May 1, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett28 min
May 1, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin29 min
May 1, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow24 min
May 1, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee37 min
May 1, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin29 min
May 1, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Pickens41 min
May 2, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade26 min
May 2, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker35 min
May 2, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga30 min
May 2, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee56 min
May 2, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon35 min
May 2, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga24 min
May 2, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd30 min
May 2, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee62 min
May 2, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton32 min
May 2, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton46 min
May 2, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb45 min
May 2, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb31 min
May 2, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk35 min
May 2, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett31 min
May 2, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton28 min
May 2, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson24 min
May 2, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale, Walton39 min
May 2, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike22 min
May 2, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette37 min
May 2, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe47 min
May 2, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Newton53 min
May 2, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Spalding55 min
May 2, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk36 min
May 2, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Putnam43 min
May 2, 7:46 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson29 min
May 2, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Spalding39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.