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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 7, 2003Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2003, 8:13 PM EDT for Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 7, 2003, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2003, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 7, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2003-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2242 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2003-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
2242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

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

637 
WUUS52 KFFC 080013
SVRATL
GAC077-113-080045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
813 PM EDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 811 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF TURIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BROOKS...
FAYETTEVILLE...HARALSON...PEACHTREE CITY...SENOIA...SHARPSBURG AND
TURIN.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH..DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES. IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOU...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND VIOLENT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF
NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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 3336 8476 3323 8472 3321 8450 3351 8438

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFayette3 hr
May 7, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding46 min
May 7, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether55 min
May 7, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup61 min
May 7, 10:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCTroup3 hr
May 7, 10:41 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHarris49 min
May 7, 11:05 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHarris25 min
May 7, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot45 min
May 7, 11:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Heard4 hr
May 8, 12:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMeriwether4 hr
May 8, 1:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCTroup3 hr
May 8, 3:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris26 min
May 8, 3:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot39 min
May 8, 3:28 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Talbot47 min
May 8, 3:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHeard3 hr
May 8, 4:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCTroup2 hr
May 8, 4:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor35 min
May 8, 4:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMeriwether3 hr
May 8, 6:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCTroup2 hr

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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.