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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2004, 12:19 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 18, 2004, 12:19 PM EDT (16:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2004, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 906 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
997 WUUS52 KFFC 181619 SVRATL GAC199-181645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1219 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1245 PM EDT * AT 1210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF SAINT MARKS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LUTHERSVILLE AND SAINT MARKS. 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 3322 8480 3309 8487 3301 8464 3321 8454 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Upson | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 23 min |
| Jun 18, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 29 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.