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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 300, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 16, 2003Chattooga County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2003, 10:24 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 16, 2003, 10:24 PM EDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2003, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chattooga County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2003-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1038 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
1038 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 170224
SVRATL
GAC055-170300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1024 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MENLO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LYERLY...
MENLO...SUMMERVILLE AND TRION.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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 3457 8551 3430 8545 3444 8519 3459 8522

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton28 min
Jun 16, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall23 min
Jun 16, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon40 min
Jun 17, 2:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett3 hr
Jun 17, 4:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFayette114 min
Jun 17, 5:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGwinnett2 hr
Jun 17, 6:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, Fayette2 hr
Jun 17, 7:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton98 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.