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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 8, 2003Harris County, Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2003, 3:28 AM EDT for Harris County, Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 8, 2003, 3:28 AM EDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2003, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harris County, GA, Talbot County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 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 nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2003-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2242 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2003-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
2242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

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

530 
WFUS52 KFFC 080728
TORATL
GAC145-263-080815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
327 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 AM EDT

* AT 326 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTH OF SHILOH...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A
  TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHILOH AND
WOODLAND.

PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH THIS STORM JUST NORTH OF 
WAVERLY HALL.  TAKE COVER NOW

TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.

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 3282 8481 3268 8479 3269 8444 3281 8442

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFayette3 hr
May 7, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette32 min
May 7, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding46 min
May 7, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether55 min
May 7, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup61 min
May 7, 10:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCTroup3 hr
May 7, 10:41 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHarris49 min
May 7, 11:05 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHarris25 min
May 7, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot45 min
May 7, 11:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Heard4 hr
May 8, 12:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMeriwether4 hr
May 8, 1:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCTroup3 hr
May 8, 3:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris26 min
May 8, 3:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot39 min
May 8, 3:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHeard3 hr
May 8, 4:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCTroup2 hr
May 8, 4:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor35 min
May 8, 4:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMeriwether3 hr
May 8, 6:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCTroup2 hr

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.