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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 25, 2004Catoosa County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2004, 6:37 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 25, 2004, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2004, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Walker County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2004-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 357 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 2004-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 252237
SVRATL
GAC047-295-252315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
637 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LA FAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BOYNTON...
GRAYSVILLE...INDIAN SPRINGS...LA FAYETTE AND RINGGOLD.

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 3499 8498 3487 8502 3485 8507 3482 8507
      3482 8512 3480 8515 3472 8517 3471 8508
      3459 8519 3469 8538 3499 8515 3499 8498

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta30 min
Jul 25, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk42 min
Jul 25, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor35 min
Jul 25, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether32 min
Jul 25, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding36 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.