Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2004, 12:53 PM EDT for Harris County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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, 12:53 PM EDT (16:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2004, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Harris County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:56 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 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
657
WUUS52 KFFC 181653
SVRATL
GAC145-181730-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1253 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 130 PM EDT
* AT 1246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF JONES CROSSROADS...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...JONES
CROSSROADS AND PINE 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 3293 8511 3287 8517 3277 8513 3266 8494
3287 8483
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 32 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.