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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 7, 2004Crisp County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2004, 3:39 PM EDT for Crisp County, Wilcox 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 7, 2004, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crisp County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -7 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 071939
SVRATL
GAC081-315-072015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
339 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PITTS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PITTS AND
ROCHELLE.

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 3202 8365 3185 8370 3173 8333 3195 8324

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Pike	35 min
Jul 7, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar	35 min
Jul 7, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Talbot	34 min
Jul 7, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Monroe	37 min
Jul 7, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Talbot	31 min
Jul 7, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	33 min
Jul 7, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon	32 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.