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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 7, 2003Carroll County, Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2003, 6:24 PM EDT for Carroll County, Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 7, 2003, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2003, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 913 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 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
913 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 072235
TORATL
GAC045-097-121-072315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
624 PM EDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOUGLASVILLE.  THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DOUGLASVILLE...
FAIRBURN AND UNION CITY.

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 3363 8508 3350 8492 3355 8446 3380 8474

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 9:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding4 hr
May 6, 10:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Monroe4 hr
May 6, 10:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCLamar, Meriwether, Pike4 hr
May 7, 2:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Walker, Whitfield31 min
May 7, 2:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens117 min
May 7, 2:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens34 min
May 7, 3:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin26 min
May 7, 3:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall37 min
May 7, 8:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin, Towns, Union3 hr
May 7, 4:22 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Heard38 min
May 7, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Heard33 min
May 7, 5:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll3 hr
May 7, 5:51 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHeard54 min
May 7, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton46 min
May 7, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton40 min
May 7, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta59 min
May 7, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton40 min
May 7, 6:53 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Heard37 min
May 7, 7:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Heard4 hr
May 7, 7:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton3 hr
May 7, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta31 min
May 7, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFayette41 min
May 7, 7:56 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Henry49 min
May 7, 7:59 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTroup46 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.