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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 372, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 21, 2003Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2003, 7:43 PM EDT for Emanuel 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 21, 2003, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2003, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Emanuel County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2003-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1499 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 2003-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
1499 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 212343
SVRATL
GAC107-220015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
743 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWAINSBORO...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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 3255 8261 3247 8247 3261 8231 3270 8245

$$

RAB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade23 min
Jul 21, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade18 min
Jul 21, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall48 min
Jul 21, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker26 min
Jul 21, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson35 min
Jul 21, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks21 min
Jul 21, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes36 min

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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.