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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 19, 2003Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2003, 7:04 PM EST for Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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 19, 2003, 7:04 PM EST (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2003, 7:45 PM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Taylor County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 19, 5:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2003-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 753 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 2003-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 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
753 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 200004
TORATL
GAC269-200045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
704 PM EST WED MAR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 745 PM EST

* AT 701 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER NORTHEASTERN MARION
  COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD
  PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE 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 3238 8435 3253 8443 3258 8428 3244 8418

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 7:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta33 min
Mar 19, 7:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford44 min
Mar 19, 7:44 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTaylor31 min
Mar 19, 7:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb26 min
Mar 19, 7:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs23 min
Mar 19, 7:54 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Peach36 min
Mar 19, 7:56 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Peach34 min
Mar 19, 8:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb25 min
Mar 19, 8:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson32 min
Mar 19, 8:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston33 min
Mar 19, 8:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson54 min
Mar 19, 8:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson50 min
Mar 19, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin45 min
Mar 19, 8:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs27 min
Mar 19, 9:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock50 min
Mar 19, 9:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson31 min
Mar 19, 9:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington, Wilkinson29 min
Mar 19, 10:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson39 min
Mar 19, 11:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson28 min
Mar 19, 11:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta31 min
Mar 19, 11:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton28 min
Mar 19, 11:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton31 min
Mar 20, 12:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett25 min
Mar 20, 12:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether33 min
Mar 20, 12:20 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCWalton25 min
Mar 20, 12:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup33 min
Mar 20, 12:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether31 min
Mar 20, 1:10 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding3 hr
Mar 20, 3:19 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Jackson, Walton116 min
Mar 20, 4:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, Henry3 hr
Mar 20, 5:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Jackson, Walton4 hr
Mar 20, 7:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair23 min
Mar 20, 7:19 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens4 hr
Mar 20, 7:25 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCPulaski4 hr
Mar 20, 7:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Wilcox4 hr
Mar 20, 7:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCJohnson4 hr
Mar 20, 8:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson, Walton3 hr
Mar 20, 9:48 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson6 hr
Mar 20, 2:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen37 min
Mar 20, 2:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel27 min
Mar 20, 2:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair23 min

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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.