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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 303, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 19, 2003Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2003, 10:27 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 19, 2003, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2003, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 2003-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1023 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 2003-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
1023 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

260 
WUUS52 KFFC 200227
SVRATL
GAC285-200300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1027 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1024 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF LA GRANGE...MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HOGANSVILLE
AND LA GRANGE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA.

THIS STORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN
LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS CAN CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADS.

EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

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 3318 8524 3300 8525 3296 8485 3320 8484

$$

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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.