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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 2:28 PM EDT for Clarke County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2003, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clarke County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 061828 TORATL GAC059-221-061900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 227 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER HULL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH...THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ARNOLDSVILLE... ATHENS...CRAWFORD...GAINES SCHOOL...HULL...LEXINGTON AND WINTERVILLE. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS 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 3407 8337 3396 8345 3374 8304 3395 8292 $$
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, 1:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 29 min |
| 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, 2:30 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 |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.