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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 13, 2004Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2004, 12:13 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 13, 2004, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2004, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

831 
WUUS52 KFFC 130413
SVRATL
GAC163-130500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1215 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1209 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE THE SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...AVERA...
LOUISVILLE...STAPLETON...STELLAVILLE AND WRENS.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

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 3315 8261 3296 8254 3300 8230 3329 8236

$$

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, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb	28 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, 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

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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.