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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2004Spalding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2004, 3:39 PM EDT for Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 6, 2004, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Spalding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 2004-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1197 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 2004-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 061939
SVRATL
GAC255-062015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
339 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF EXPERIMENT...MOVING EAST AT 10
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EAST
GRIFFIN...EXPERIMENT AND GRIFFIN.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

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 3329 8446 3320 8445 3319 8412 3336 8417

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow37 min
Jul 6, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup33 min
Jul 6, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether36 min
Jul 6, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard34 min
Jul 6, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta33 min
Jul 6, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Murray32 min
Jul 6, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon33 min
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens45 min
Jul 6, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd43 min
Jul 6, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard44 min
Jul 6, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly27 min
Jul 6, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson28 min
Jul 6, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding25 min
Jul 6, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford32 min
Jul 6, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee27 min
Jul 6, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox34 min
Jul 6, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton27 min
Jul 6, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones36 min
Jul 6, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones25 min
Jul 6, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones43 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.