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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 8, 2004Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2004, 3:51 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
Apr 8, 2004, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2004, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2004-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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 2004-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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.

897 
WUUS52 KFFC 081951
SVRATL
GAC163-082030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
351 PM EDT THU APR 8 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARTOW...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BARTOW...
LOUISVILLE AND WADLEY.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES 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 3307 8261 3289 8265 3283 8233 3304 8229

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe29 min
Apr 8, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb30 min
Apr 8, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs22 min
Apr 8, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington47 min
Apr 8, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson32 min
Apr 8, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens43 min
Apr 8, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel33 min
Apr 8, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens45 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.