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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 5, 2003Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2003, 6:32 PM EST for Muscogee 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: Apr 5, 2003, 6:32 PM EST (23:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2003, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Muscogee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 437 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

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

856 
WUUS52 KFFC 052332
SVRATL
GAC215-060000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
631 PM EST SAT APR 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 620 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BIBB CITY AND
  COLUMBUS.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA.

THIS STORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN
LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS CAN CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADS.

EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

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 3244 8477 3241 8488 3248 8499 3259 8503
          3258 8478

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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.