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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 1:31 PM EDT for Banks County, Hall County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- May 6, 2003, 1:31 PM EDT (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2003, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Banks County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 6, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 061731 TORATL GAC011-139-157-061800- /NEW.KFFC.SV.W.ETN#.061728-061800/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 128 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 200 PM EDT * AT 115 PM 911 REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE MURRAYVILLE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THIS TORNADIC STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COMMERCE... GILLSVILLE...HOMER...LULA...MAYSVILLE AND TALMO. A SECOND STORM IS WEST OF OAKWOOD. THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED BUT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...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 3441 8372 3418 8379 3412 8342 3435 8340 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cobb, Paulding | 31 min |
| May 5, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 35 min |
| May 5, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 28 min |
| May 5, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 26 min |
| May 5, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 26 min |
| May 6, 12:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 32 min |
| May 6, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 37 min |
| May 6, 12:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 4 hr |
| May 6, 1:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 7 hr |
| May 6, 4:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 3 hr |
| May 6, 8:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 3 hr |
| May 6, 8:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 4 hr |
| May 6, 10:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 35 min |
| May 6, 10:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 31 min |
| May 6, 10:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 40 min |
| May 6, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 46 min |
| May 6, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon, Whitfield | 48 min |
| May 6, 11:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 3 hr |
| May 6, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 31 min |
| May 6, 11:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Polk | 52 min |
| May 6, 11:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 3 hr |
| May 6, 11:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow | 28 min |
| May 6, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 30 min |
| May 6, 12:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 25 min |
| May 6, 12:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pickens | 24 min |
| May 6, 12:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 3 hr |
| May 6, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 47 min |
| May 6, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 44 min |
| May 6, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 31 min |
| May 6, 12:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 24 min |
| May 6, 12:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 6, 1:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall | 29 min |
| May 6, 1:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 35 min |
| May 6, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 45 min |
| May 6, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Paulding, Polk | 36 min |
| May 6, 1:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 3 hr |
| May 6, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 41 min |
| May 6, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 25 min |
| May 6, 1:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 36 min |
| May 6, 2:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 38 min |
| May 6, 2:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 36 min |
| May 6, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jackson | 17 min |
| May 6, 2:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Paulding | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 37 min |
| May 6, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| May 6, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe | 32 min |
| May 6, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson, Madison | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 27 min |
| May 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 30 min |
| May 6, 3:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton, Wilkes | 3 hr |
| May 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 30 min |
| May 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 47 min |
| May 6, 3:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| May 6, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Douglas | 3 hr |
| May 6, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 41 min |
| May 6, 3:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 2 hr |
| May 6, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 42 min |
| May 6, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 3 hr |
| May 6, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 34 min |
| May 6, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Fulton | 28 min |
| May 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 28 min |
| May 6, 4:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Greene, Henry, Morgan, Newton | 65 min |
| May 6, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 33 min |
| May 6, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| May 6, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 6 hr |
| May 6, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 84 min |
| May 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 35 min |
| May 6, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.