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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2004, 10:47 PM EDT for DeKalb 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
- Jun 12, 2004, 10:47 PM EDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County DeKalb County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 1990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
752
WUUS52 KFFC 130247
SVRATL
GAC089-130315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1047 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 1042 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LITHONIA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LITHONIA...
REDAN AND STONE MOUNTAIN.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES 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 3364 8422 3365 8410 3374 8405 3382 8412
3387 8421
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 11:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 12:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.