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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 7, 2003Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2003, 6:03 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 7, 2003, 6:03 AM EDT (10:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2003, 6:30 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2003-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1022 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
1022 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

615 
WUUS52 KFFC 071003
SVRATL
GAC163-071030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
603 AM EDT MON APR 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* AT 552 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WRENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...STAPLETON AND
WRENS.

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 3318 8251 3305 8236 3320 8224 3332 8236

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Newton28 min
Apr 7, 8:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington30 min
Apr 7, 8:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens36 min
Apr 7, 9:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson23 min
Apr 7, 9:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel32 min
Apr 7, 11:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Troup3 hr

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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.