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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 17, 2003Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2003, 3:28 PM EDT for Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2003, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wheeler County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1222 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 171928
SVRATL
GAC309-172000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
327 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALAMO...MOVING EAST AT 10 
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALAMO.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

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 3208 8298 3195 8283 3203 8272 3214 8279

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 8:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCPickens2 hr
Jul 17, 6:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly88 min
Jul 17, 8:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCStewart86 min
Jul 17, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTreutlen36 min
Jul 17, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel36 min
Jul 17, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox29 min
Jul 17, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery36 min
Jul 17, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs26 min
Jul 17, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Peach27 min
Jul 17, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor34 min
Jul 17, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion28 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.