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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 13, 2004Harris County, Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2004, 1:50 PM EDT for Harris County, Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2004, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 461 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
461 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 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.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 131750
SVRATL
GAC145-199-131815-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PINE MOUNTAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DURAND...
HARRIS CITY...PINE MOUNTAIN...PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PRIMROSE...
RALEIGH...STOVALL AND WARM SPRINGS.

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.

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 3283 8499 3273 8480 3293 8463 3305 8485

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett33 min
Jun 12, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale31 min
Jun 12, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson35 min
Jun 12, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb28 min
Jun 12, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson35 min
Jun 12, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin33 min
Jun 13, 12:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson47 min
Jun 13, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee24 min
Jun 13, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll33 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.