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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 2005Hancock County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2005, 6:04 AM EST for Hancock County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 6:04 AM EST (11:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2005, 6:32 AM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hancock County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z 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 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 311104
SVRFFC
GAC141-311130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0134.050331T1104Z-050331T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
604 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 AM EST

* AT 602 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3320 8323 3305 8309 3320 8274 3343 8284

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 311115
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
615 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005

GAC141-311130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-050331T1130Z/
HANCOCK-
615 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 AM EST FOR
HANCOCK COUNTY...

AT 612 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MILLEDGEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3323 8313 3311 8304 3320 8274 3343 8284

$$
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 311132
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
631 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005

GAC141-311141-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-050331T1130Z/
HANCOCK-
631 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HANCOCK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 630 
AM EST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKEND HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE
STILL POSSIBLE.

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 3323 8313 3311 8304 3320 8274 3343 8284

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 1:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris29 min
Mar 31, 2:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot33 min
Mar 31, 2:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson30 min
Mar 31, 5:17 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Monroe28 min
Mar 31, 5:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones35 min
Mar 31, 7:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren34 min
Mar 31, 7:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup27 min
Mar 31, 8:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike24 min
Mar 31, 8:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCHarris, Heard, Meriwether, Troup3 hr
Mar 31, 8:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson16 min
Mar 31, 8:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar27 min
Mar 31, 9:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Monroe26 min
Mar 31, 9:11 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCFulton6 hr
Mar 31, 9:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor25 min
Mar 31, 9:36 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta and 18 more6 hr
Mar 31, 9:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones33 min
Mar 31, 9:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton5 hr
Mar 31, 10:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.