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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 2003Hancock County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2003, 5:23 PM EDT for Hancock County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 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
Jul 1, 2003, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2003, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hancock County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2003-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 147 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 2003-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

940 
WFUS52 KFFC 012123
TORATL
GAC141-012145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
523 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RURAL WESTERN
  HANCOCK COUNTY.

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

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 3317 8333 3312 8313 3340 8298 3342 8311

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 3:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFulton2 hr
Jul 1, 3:58 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJasper17 min
Jul 1, 4:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb2 hr
Jul 1, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCJasper118 min
Jul 1, 5:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWalton114 min
Jul 1, 5:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene3 hr
Jul 1, 6:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jul 1, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGwinnett2 hr
Jul 1, 7:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson4 hr
Jul 1, 7:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClarke3 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.