Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 349, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2003, 6:37 PM EDT for Newton County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Newton County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
134
WUUS52 KFFC 162237
SVRATL
GAC217-297-162300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
636 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER JERSEY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BETWEEN...
COVINGTON...JERSEY...OXFORD...SOCIAL CIRCLE AND WALNUT GROVE.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
THIS STORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT 1 TO 3 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 3374 8397 3360 8394 3358 8372 3371 8367
3382 8380
$$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, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 35 min |
| 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, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.