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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 7, 2004Macon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2004, 6:58 PM EDT for Macon County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2004, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Macon County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2004-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 370 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 2004-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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 072258
SVRATL
GAC193-072330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MARSHALLVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MARSHALLVILLE...MONTEZUMA AND OGLETHORPE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH 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 3256 8397 3242 8420 3223 8402 3235 8379

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox36 min
Jul 7, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike35 min
Jul 7, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar35 min
Jul 7, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot34 min
Jul 7, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe37 min
Jul 7, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot31 min
Jul 7, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker33 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.