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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 218

May 2, 200324 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 2, 2003, 11:10 PM EDT for 24 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2003, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2003, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Echols County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Worth County, GA

Warnings issued inside it

14 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 11:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBen Hill, Irwin, Turner63 min
May 2, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCoffee, Jeff Davis47 min
May 2, 11:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling, Jeff Davis45 min
May 2, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAppling40 min
May 2, 11:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETift, Worth24 min
May 2, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBacon35 min
May 2, 11:40 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXCoffee35 min
May 2, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXWayne38 min
May 3, 12:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBerrien27 min
May 3, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson36 min
May 3, 12:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXPierce, Ware39 min
May 3, 12:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELanier, Lowndes43 min
May 3, 12:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBrooks, Thomas27 min
May 3, 1:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELowndes22 min

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2003-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2502 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2003-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
2502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 9:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 59 more87 min
May 3, 9:45 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Seminole2 hr
May 3, 2:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens, Towns and 2 more3 hr
May 3, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBurke, Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond4 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.