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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 359, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 17, 2003Marion County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2003, 7:02 PM EDT for Marion County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2003, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2003-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1136 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2003-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
1136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 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.

002 
WUUS52 KFFC 172302
SVRATL
GAC197-172330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUENA VISTA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

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 3251 8462 3225 8461 3222 8444 3254 8445

$$

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, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWheeler32 min
Jul 17, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Peach27 min
Jul 17, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor34 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.