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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 452, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 18, 2003, 3:17 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 58 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
- Nov 18, 2003, 3:17 PM EST (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2003, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 182017 SVRATL GAC047-055-115-295-182115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 315 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 415 PM EST * AT 310 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH FROM 12 MILES WEST OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LYERLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...CHICKAMAUGA...FAIRVIEW...FORT OGLETHORPE...INDIAN SPRINGS... LINWOOD...LAFAYETTE...LAKEVIEW...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...LYERLY... ROSSVILLE...SUMMERVILLE AND TRION. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WILL KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. TAKE COVER NOW. FIND SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER...AVOID WINDOWS...AND MOBILE HOMES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STORM SHELTER...BASEMENT...OR STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. 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 3497 8547 3419 8543 3428 8518 3498 8514 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 35 min |
| Nov 18, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 65 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.