Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2003, 5:44 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 17, 2003, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2003, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Gordon County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Murray County, GA, Washington County, GA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 172144 RRA
SVRATL
GAC129-213-172215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
542 PM EDT SAT MAY 17 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF ETON TO
CALHOUN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...CALHOUN...
CHATSWORTH...ETON...FAIRMOUNT...RANGER AND RESACA.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES SUDDENLY. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.
DIME SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR THE MURRAY WHITFIELD COUNTY LINE
AT 530 PM.
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 3500 8482 3491 8484 3487 8487 3477 8490
3444 8500 3443 8468 3499 8461
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WUUS52 KFFC 172144
SVRATL
GAC163-303-172215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
544 PM EDT SAT MAY 17 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR OCONEE TO BARTOW...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BARTOW...
DAVISBORO...HARRISON...LOUISVILLE...OCONEE...RIDDLEVILLE...
SANDERSVILLE...TENNILLE AND WADLEY.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES SUDDENLY. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.
THIS STORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
IN AN HOUR. THIS CAN CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3296 8307 3320 8236 3284 8232 3279 8272
3276 8296
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Putnam | 29 min |
| May 17, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton | 26 min |
| May 17, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 30 min |
| May 17, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 28 min |
| May 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 33 min |
| May 17, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 29 min |
| May 17, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 25 min |
| May 17, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 29 min |
| May 17, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 31 min |
| May 17, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 36 min |
| May 17, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 44 min |
| May 17, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 37 min |
| May 17, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 30 min |
| May 17, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 32 min |
| May 17, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 30 min |
| May 17, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 27 min |
| May 17, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 36 min |
| May 17, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 33 min |
| May 17, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 23 min |
| May 17, 6:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 2 hr |
| May 17, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 28 min |
| May 17, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 30 min |
| May 17, 7:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow | 114 min |
| May 17, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 25 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.