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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 6, 20036 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2003, 11:38 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 52 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 6, 2003, 11:38 AM EDT (15:38 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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 6, 10:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2003-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 386 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 061538
SVRATL
GAC015-057-111-123-227-233-061630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1138 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT

* AT 1137 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH 
  LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF ADAIRSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ADAIRSVILLE...ARAGON...BLUE RIDGE...CARTERSVILLE...CEDARTOWN...EAST
ELLIJAY...ELLIJAY...EUHARLEE...JASPER...KINGSTON...COPPERHILL...
MCCAYSVILLE...MINERAL BLUFF...ROCKMART...TALKING ROCK...
TAYLORSVILLE...WALESKA AND WHITE.

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS AND MAY BE OVERTURNED. TAKE COVER NOW

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 3460 8477 3442 8489 3441 8466 3478 8463
          3481 8458 3485 8461

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cobb, Paulding31 min
May 5, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene35 min
May 5, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson28 min
May 5, 11:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas26 min
May 5, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton26 min
May 6, 12:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale32 min
May 6, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton37 min
May 6, 12:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb4 hr
May 6, 1:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton7 hr
May 6, 4:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDade, Walker3 hr
May 6, 8:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker3 hr
May 6, 8:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWhitfield4 hr
May 6, 10:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker35 min
May 6, 10:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker31 min
May 6, 10:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga40 min
May 6, 10:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker46 min
May 6, 11:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon, Whitfield48 min
May 6, 11:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield3 hr
May 6, 11:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray31 min
May 6, 11:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon3 hr
May 6, 11:47 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBartow28 min
May 6, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd30 min
May 6, 12:05 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee25 min
May 6, 12:06 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPickens24 min
May 6, 12:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Pickens3 hr
May 6, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin47 min
May 6, 12:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd44 min
May 6, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee31 min
May 6, 12:51 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee24 min
May 6, 12:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson3 hr
May 6, 1:01 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHall29 min
May 6, 1:10 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth35 min
May 6, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton45 min
May 6, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Paulding, Polk36 min
May 6, 1:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Hall3 hr
May 6, 1:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson29 min
May 6, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett41 min
May 6, 1:50 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson25 min
May 6, 1:54 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMadison36 min
May 6, 2:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb, Fulton, Gwinnett3 hr
May 6, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett38 min
May 6, 2:09 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton36 min
May 6, 2:13 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJackson17 min
May 6, 2:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCPaulding3 hr
May 6, 2:23 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMadison37 min
May 6, 2:25 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGwinnett35 min
May 6, 2:28 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClarke, Oglethorpe32 min
May 6, 2:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCPolk3 hr
May 6, 2:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson, Madison3 hr
May 6, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton27 min
May 6, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCOglethorpe30 min
May 6, 3:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton, Wilkes3 hr
May 6, 3:15 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWilkes30 min
May 6, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oconee, Oglethorpe47 min
May 6, 3:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb3 hr
May 6, 3:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDouglas3 hr
May 6, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes41 min
May 6, 3:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFulton2 hr
May 6, 4:03 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWilkes42 min
May 6, 4:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCRockdale3 hr
May 6, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren34 min
May 6, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette, Fulton28 min
May 6, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard28 min
May 6, 4:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, Greene, Henry, Morgan, Newton65 min
May 6, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard33 min
May 6, 5:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton6 hr
May 6, 5:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb6 hr
May 6, 6:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding84 min
May 6, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Pike35 min
May 6, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether22 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.