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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 2, 20034 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2003, 8:18 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 2, 2003, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2003, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carroll County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Heard County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 6:05 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 2, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2003-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2666 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 2003-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2666 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

216 
WUUS52 KFFC 030018
SVRATL
GAC045-077-121-149-030045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
817 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 811 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF WHITESBURG TO 9
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTRALHATCHEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
CENTRALHATCHEE...FAIRBURN...PALMETTO AND WHITESBURG.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA. ALSO...TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY OUT OF ANY 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  

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 3328 8507 3355 8456 3364 8462 3358 8479
          3342 8522

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren43 min
May 2, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Paulding33 min
May 2, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jasper, Putnam44 min
May 2, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette34 min
May 2, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry33 min
May 2, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock41 min
May 2, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton23 min
May 2, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts47 min
May 2, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup30 min
May 2, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones43 min
May 2, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta26 min
May 2, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington41 min
May 2, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding38 min
May 2, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike37 min
May 2, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington46 min
May 2, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Upson36 min
May 2, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Monroe51 min
May 2, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Johnson, Laurens, Wilkinson45 min
May 2, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel67 min
May 2, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe, Taylor27 min
May 2, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones36 min
May 2, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion33 min
May 2, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee28 min
May 2, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Peach23 min
May 2, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs, Wilkinson31 min
May 2, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee27 min
May 2, 10:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski25 min
May 2, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley31 min
May 2, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens30 min
May 2, 10:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski37 min
May 2, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Sumter, Webster30 min
May 2, 10:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox29 min
May 2, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler39 min
May 2, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs40 min
May 2, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.