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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 327, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 13, 2003Bibb County, Monroe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2003, 1:20 PM EDT for Bibb County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
Jul 13, 2003, 1:20 PM EDT (17:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2003, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bibb County, GA, Monroe County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2003-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1654 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2003-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
1654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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.

380 
WUUS52 KFFC 131720
SVRATL
GAC021-207-131745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
115 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOLINGBROKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BOLINGBROKE...
  MACON..LIZELLA AND PAYNE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 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 3276 8380 3283 8390 3284 8399 3292 8392
          3302 8386 3295 8370 3288 8364 3288 8358
          3281 8347 3268 8363

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether29 min
Jul 12, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether30 min
Jul 12, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow33 min
Jul 13, 12:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow20 min
Jul 13, 1:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk28 min
Jul 13, 2:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding28 min
Jul 13, 2:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding31 min
Jul 13, 2:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCPaulding2 hr
Jul 13, 3:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGordon117 min
Jul 13, 3:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFloyd114 min
Jul 13, 4:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow3 hr
Jul 13, 5:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCherokee2 hr
Jul 13, 5:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCPolk2 hr
Jul 13, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Monroe27 min
Jul 13, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb30 min
Jul 13, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall40 min
Jul 13, 4:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMarion85 min
Jul 13, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee28 min
Jul 13, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUnion30 min
Jul 13, 6:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee86 min
Jul 13, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield23 min
Jul 13, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Emanuel, Fulton34 min
Jul 13, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa23 min
Jul 13, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield36 min
Jul 13, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel33 min
Jul 13, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer55 min
Jul 13, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa36 min
Jul 13, 7:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield113 min
Jul 13, 7:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWebster2 hr
Jul 13, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Pickens50 min
Jul 13, 7:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMurray119 min
Jul 13, 7:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGilmer113 min
Jul 13, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPickens26 min
Jul 13, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon35 min
Jul 13, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee46 min
Jul 13, 7:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens115 min
Jul 13, 7:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson106 min

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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.