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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2004Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2004, 5:33 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cherokee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 062133
SVRATL
GAC057-062200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WOODSTOCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BALL
GROUND...CANTON...HOLLY SPRINGS AND WOODSTOCK.

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.     
   POP 50  POP 50  POP 40  POP 20  POP 40  POP 30  POP 40  POP 20  

...VIZ001...
   ST THOMAS ST JOHN AND ADJACENT ISLANDS
   SHOWERS SHOWERS HAZE    SUNNY   SHOWERS PTCLDY  PTCLDY  SUNNY   
     /80   86/80   88/79   88/79   88/79   87/78   88/79   88/     
   POP 60  POP 60  POP 40  POP 20  POP 50  POP 30  POP 40  POP 20  

...VIZ002...
   ST CROIX-
   SHOWERS SHOWERS HAZE    SUNNY   SHOWERS PTCLDY  PTCLDY  SUNNY   
     /80   87/80   89/77   89/77   89/77   88/75   88/77   89/     
   POP 60  POP 60  POP 40  POP 20  POP 50  POP 30  POP 40  POP 20  


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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, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding36 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, 5:41 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

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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.