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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 8, 2004Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2004, 4:27 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2004, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Emanuel County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2004-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2004-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 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.

646 
WUUS52 KFFC 082027
SVRATL
GAC107-082100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SUMMERTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GARFIELD AND
SUMMERTOWN.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

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 3291 8232 3276 8242 3257 8204 3270 8200

$$

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, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson39 min
Apr 8, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens45 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.