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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 5, 2003Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 2003, 11:08 PM EST for Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 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
Mar 5, 2003, 11:08 PM EST (04:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2003, 11:30 PM EST
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 5, 9:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 060408
SVRATL
GAC217-247-060430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1107 PM EST WED MAR 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA   
  ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1130 PM EST

* AT 1104 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH 
  LOCATED OVER CONYERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CONYERS...
  LAKEVIEW ESTATES...OXFORD AND PORTERDALE.

HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE 
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER 
UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 8:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Newton35 min
Mar 5, 8:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk27 min
Mar 5, 9:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks27 min
Mar 5, 9:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard32 min
Mar 5, 10:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup26 min
Mar 5, 10:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Douglas, Fulton36 min
Mar 5, 10:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup37 min
Mar 5, 10:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether44 min
Mar 5, 10:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fayette28 min
Mar 5, 10:34 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup41 min
Mar 5, 10:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Spalding35 min
Mar 5, 11:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts30 min
Mar 5, 11:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper42 min
Mar 5, 11:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan25 min
Mar 5, 11:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene34 min
Mar 6, 3:10 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCFloyd3 hr
Mar 6, 4:05 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow3 hr
Mar 6, 4:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth3 hr
Mar 6, 4:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCHall3 hr
Mar 6, 5:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett30 min
Mar 6, 9:10 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCPolk4 hr
Mar 6, 10:14 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCForsyth4 hr
Mar 6, 4:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler36 min
Mar 6, 4:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery19 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.