Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2003
Tornado Watch 965
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 19, 2003, 2:20 AM EST for 43 counties in Georgia; 23 counties in North Carolina; 20 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2003, 2:20 AM EST (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2003, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 86 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Hart County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
Warnings issued inside it
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 3:42 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Franklin, Stephens | 48 min |
| Nov 19, 4:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond | 54 min |
| Nov 19, 5:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 51 min |
| Nov 19, 6:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 27 min |
| Nov 19, 6:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Union | 37 min |
| Nov 19, 6:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 41 min |
| Nov 19, 7:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Nov 19, 7:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry | 50 min |
| Nov 19, 7:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 45 min |
| Nov 19, 7:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 190724
SEL5
SPC WW 190720
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-191300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 965
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
220 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND EASTERN GEORGIA
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 220 AM UNTIL 800 AM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS GEORGIA TO 20 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 964...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG NNE/SSW ORIENTED
CONFLUENCE AXIS IN WRN/NRN GA EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY LATER THIS
MORNING AS UPPER TROUGH NOW OVER NW MS ACCELERATES ENEWD.
COMBINATION OF INCREASING LARGE SCALE SUPPORT WITH CONTINUED
MOIST/CONFLUENT UPSLOPE FLOW SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES GIVEN 50+ KT DEEP SHEAR.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.
...CORFIDI
324,0844 355,0823 355,0794 324,0815SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 7:45 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Early, Harris, Lamar and 17 more | 60 min |
| Nov 18, 7:46 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Early, Harris, Lamar and 17 more | 59 min |
| Nov 18, 9:10 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt, Crawford and 30 more | 95 min |
| Nov 18, 10:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun and 40 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 12:22 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun and 41 more | 83 min |
| Nov 19, 1:18 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Clarke and 42 more | 57 min |
| Nov 19, 2:43 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun and 31 more | 92 min |
| Nov 19, 4:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 5:14 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie and 3 more | 61 min |
| Nov 19, 11:29 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Habersham, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union | 61 min |
| Nov 19, 6:31 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick and 47 more | 119 min |
| Nov 19, 7:25 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Bladen and 48 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 10:57 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 25 more | 93 min |
| Nov 19, 11:25 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 2:27 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 10 more | 93 min |
| Nov 19, 3:59 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Camden, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell | 61 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.