Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2004, 3:47 PM EDT for Gordon County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- May 22, 2004, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
104
WUUS52 KFFC 221947
SVRATL
GAC129-227-222015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
346 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RANGER...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FAIRMOUNT AND
RANGER.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
THIS STORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN
LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS CAN CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADS.
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 3458 8459 3456 8450 3453 8454 3447 8455
3442 8459 3442 8468 3444 8477 3450 8477
3461 8468
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 51 min |
| May 22, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 36 min |
| May 22, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 28 min |
| May 22, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson | 33 min |
| May 22, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 36 min |
| May 22, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns | 47 min |
| May 22, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 35 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.