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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Columbia, SC

March 31, 2005McDuffie County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2005, 7:46 AM EST for McDuffie County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
Mar 31, 2005, 7:46 AM EST (12:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2005, 8:15 AM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McDuffie County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2005-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2005-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 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.

000 
WUUS52 KCAE 311247
SVRCAE
GAC189-311315-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0020.050331T1246Z-050331T1315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
746 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 AM EST.

* AT 745 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
  WARRENTON...OR 9 MILES WEST OF THOMSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY.

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 3357 8272 3345 8266 3354 8242 3365 8245

$$

SJN/LCV

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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.