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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 13, 2003Marion County, Talbot County, Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2003, 6:21 PM EST for Marion County, Talbot County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 13, 2003, 6:21 PM EST (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2003, 6:45 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Marion County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Webster County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2003-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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.

598 
WUUS52 KFFC 132321
SVRATL
GAC197-263-307-132345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
621 PM EST THU MAR 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 616 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 65 MPH
  LOCATED FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF GENEVA TO 27 MILES SOUTH OF
  GENEVA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...GENEVA.

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS AND MAY BE OVERTURNED. TAKE COVER NOW

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 3209 8452 3211 8450 3267 8456 3261 8468
          3248 8465 3223 8465 3209 8459

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 9:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler36 min
Mar 13, 6:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee34 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.