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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 355, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2003, 2:49 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 17, 2003, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2003, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Toombs County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 1222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 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.
544
WUUS52 KFFC 171849
SVRATL
GAC279-171915-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
249 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TOOMBS COUNTY...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RURAL
NORTHWESTERN TOOMBS COUNTY.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA.
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
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 3234 8240 3224 8244 3224 8238 3227 8237
3228 8236
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Pickens | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 88 min |
| Jul 17, 8:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Stewart | 86 min |
| Jul 17, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wheeler | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Peach | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 28 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.