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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 24, 20047 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 2004, 11:23 AM EST for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
Nov 24, 2004, 11:23 AM EST (16:23 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 12:00 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Banks County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Greene County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Madison County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 24, 8:25 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Nov 24, 10:40 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 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 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 241623
SVRFFC
GAC011-059-133-157-195-219-221-241700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1124 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL NOON EST

* AT 1120 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALTO TO JEFFERSON TO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WRAYSWOOD...WINTERVILLE...WATKINSVILLE...UNION POINT...
  POCATALIGO...NEESE...MAYSVILLE...HOMER...HOLLINGSWORTH...DIAMOND
  HILL...CRAWFORD...COMMERCE...BOGART...BAIRDSTOWN...ATHENS AND
  ARCADE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3449 8366 3408 8365 3344 8325 3351 8300
      3410 8318 3448 8341

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 8:44 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb5 hr
Nov 24, 8:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson49 min
Nov 24, 9:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard42 min
Nov 24, 9:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk52 min
Nov 24, 9:14 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCarroll31 min
Nov 24, 9:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup39 min
Nov 24, 9:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris50 min
Nov 24, 9:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding46 min
Nov 24, 9:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee42 min
Nov 24, 9:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether38 min
Nov 24, 9:48 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCoweta27 min
Nov 24, 9:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot51 min
Nov 24, 9:56 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCFayette34 min
Nov 24, 10:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Pickens30 min
Nov 24, 10:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Spalding42 min
Nov 24, 10:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion39 min
Nov 24, 10:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry35 min
Nov 24, 10:15 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCTalbot30 min
Nov 24, 10:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson40 min
Nov 24, 10:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Lumpkin and 1 more36 min
Nov 24, 10:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar44 min
Nov 24, 10:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton39 min
Nov 24, 10:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper43 min
Nov 24, 10:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Walton and 1 more39 min
Nov 24, 10:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Putnam47 min
Nov 24, 11:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Peach30 min
Nov 24, 11:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs31 min
Nov 24, 11:55 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson35 min
Nov 24, 12:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes29 min
Nov 24, 12:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley26 min
Nov 24, 12:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens47 min
Nov 24, 12:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.