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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 31, 2004Catoosa County, Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2004, 3:17 AM EDT for Catoosa County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2004, 3:17 AM EDT (07:17 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 3:30 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGFort Oglethorpe, GAA COUPLE OF TREES FELL ON A HOUSE AND VEHICLE.
May 31, 3:30 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGFort Oglethorpe, GAA COUPLE OF TREES FELL ON A HOUSE AND VEHICLE.
May 31, 3:51 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGGraysville, GAA FEW POWER POLES SNAPPED.
May 31, 3:51 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGGraysville, GAA FEW POWER POLES SNAPPED.
May 31, 4:05 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGCohutta, GASEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN.
May 31, 4:05 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGCohutta, GASEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN.
May 31, 4:05 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGTunnel Hill, GASEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN.
May 31, 4:05 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGTunnel Hill, GASEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 1:40 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1721 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
1721 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1316 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

046 
WUUS52 KFFC 310717
SVRATL
GAC047-313-310800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
316 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT

* AT 316 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT
  OGLETHORPE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT OGLETHORPE...MOVING EAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BOYNTON...
COHUTTA...DALTON...DAWNVILLE...FORT OGLETHORPE...GRAYSVILLE...INDIAN
SPRINGS...KEITH...RINGGOLD...ROCKY FACE...TUNNEL HILL AND VARNELL.

STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS IN DADE COUNTY AT 305 AM WHEN 
THIS LINE OF STORMS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES SUDDENLY. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY.

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 3501 8529 3476 8524 3472 8487 3500 8479

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 3:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker28 min
May 31, 3:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker32 min
May 31, 3:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Murray51 min
May 31, 4:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Murray, Whitfield45 min
May 31, 4:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union44 min
May 31, 5:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns25 min
May 31, 8:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee29 min
May 31, 8:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oglethorpe50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.