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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 12, 2003Houston County, Peach County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2003, 5:01 PM EDT for Houston County, Peach 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
Jun 12, 2003, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2003, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2003-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 178 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 2003-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
178 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

044 
WUUS52 KFFC 122101
SVRATL
GAC153-225-122130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
501 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF PERRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

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

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES 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 3249 8390 3241 8378 3256 8362 3263 8372

$$

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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.