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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 25, 2004Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2004, 4:40 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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 25, 2004, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2004, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2004-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 728 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 2004-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
728 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

273 
WUUS52 KFFC 252040
SVRATL
GAC303-252130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
439 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF WARTHEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SANDERSVILLE.

WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

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 3310 8298 3291 8295 3303 8262 3323 8275

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs29 min
Jun 25, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson24 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock34 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.