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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 21, 2004Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2004, 4:58 PM EDT for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 21, 2004, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2004, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Putnam County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2004-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1010 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2004-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
1010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 212058
SVRATL
GAC237-212130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
456 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM PHOENIX TO WILLARD...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MERGE WITH
  OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM JONES COUNTY AND
  MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...EATONTON.

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 3319 8340 3318 8347 3322 8352 3336 8351
      3343 8327 3339 8323 3339 8319 3333 8314
      3332 8314 3327 8323 3321 8326 3317 8332

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan25 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.