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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2005, 4:39 PM EDT for Columbia County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2005, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2005, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Columbia County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | Martinez, GA | HAM RADIO OPERATOR KE4TTA HOME WEATHER STATION REPORTED 55-60 MPH WINDS AT COLA/BELAIRE STREETS. |
| Jul 28, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Martinez, GA | HAM RADIO OPERATOR KE4TTA HOME WEATHER STATION REPORTED 55-60 MPH WINDS AT COLA/BELAIRE STREETS. |
| Jul 28, 4:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Martinez, GA | SHERIFF REPORTED TREES...POWERLINES...AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS DOWN FROM MARTINEZ TO EVANS. |
| Jul 28, 4:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Martinez, GA | SKYWARN KG4WBB REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL AT INTERSECTION OF BOBBY JONES EXPRESSWAY AND WASHINGTON RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KCAE 282039 SVRCAE GAC073-282115- /O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0148.050728T2039Z-050728T2115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 439 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GROVETOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EVANS BY 500 PM EDT MARTINEZ BY 515 PM EDT REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1, 8 0 0, 7 7 5, 7 1 9 9. LAT...LON 3345 8228 3341 8222 3352 8204 3368 8225 $$ SJN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 4:07 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 13 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.