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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 23, 2004Johnson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2004, 6:23 PM EDT for Johnson County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 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 23, 2004, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2004, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Johnson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

286 
WUUS52 KFFC 232223
SVRATL
GAC167-232245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
620 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF MEEKS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SPANN AND
WRIGHTSVILLE.

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 3273 8287 3251 8272 3256 8249 3280 8259

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll	42 min
Jun 23, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Talbot, Upson	40 min
Jun 23, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford	46 min
Jun 23, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jones, Monroe	47 min

Nearby

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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.