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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 304, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 2003Monroe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2003, 3:05 PM EDT for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 30, 2003, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2003, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2003-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 246 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 2003-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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.

456 
WUUS52 KFFC 301905
SVRATL
GAC207-301945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
305 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FORSYTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA.  THIS STORM CAN ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 
AND LOCAL FLOODING.

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 3303 8408 3291 8393 3305 8372 3323 8388

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford33 min
Jun 30, 3:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFulton2 hr
Jun 30, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens43 min
Jun 30, 5:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas58 min
Jun 30, 7:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHarris66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.