Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 348, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2003, 5:55 PM EDT for Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 16, 2003, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2003, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
646 WUUS52 KFFC 162155 SVRATL GAC129-162230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 555 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR RANGER...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FAIRMOUNT AND RANGER. 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 3459 8465 3461 8481 3440 8488 3441 8467 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 115 min |
| Jul 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 5:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 118 min |
| Jul 16, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 31 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.