Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 333, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2003, 6:11 PM EDT for Coweta County, Emanuel County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2003, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Coweta County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 29 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 132211 SVRATL GAC077-121-132245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 610 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF NEWNAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EAST NEWNAN...MORELAND...NEWNAN...PALMETTO...SHARPSBURG AND TURIN. 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. 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 3343 8499 3324 8483 3325 8457 3366 8467 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WUUS52 KFFC 132211 RRA SVRATL GAC107-132245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 611 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SWAINSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...NUNEZ... STILLMORE...SUMMERTOWN...SWAINSBORO AND TWIN CITY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS STORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS CAN CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADS. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3282 8229 3259 8254 3237 8228 3258 8206 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 12:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 20 min |
| Jul 13, 1:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 2:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 2:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 2:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Paulding | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 117 min |
| Jul 13, 3:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 114 min |
| Jul 13, 4:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Monroe | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Marion | 85 min |
| Jul 13, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 6:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 86 min |
| Jul 13, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 7:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 113 min |
| Jul 13, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Webster | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Pickens | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 7:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Murray | 119 min |
| Jul 13, 7:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 113 min |
| Jul 13, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pickens | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens | 115 min |
| Jul 13, 7:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 106 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.