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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 2005Crawford County, Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2005, 9:20 AM EST for Crawford County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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, 9:20 AM EST (14:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2005, 9:45 AM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crawford County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 31, 8:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 KFFC 311422
SVRFFC
GAC079-269-311445-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0141.050331T1420Z-050331T1445Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 AM EST

* AT 916 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 16
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBERTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE DTORM INCLUDE ROBERTA AND       
  MUSELLA. 

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 3256 8424 3267 8432 3271 8426 3269 8419
      3281 8409 3283 8405 3283 8398 3285 8397
      3283 8395 3283 8389 3273 8383 3254 8420

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 311428
SVSFFC

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

GAC079-269-311445-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-050331T1445Z/
TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-
928 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 AM EST FOR 
CRAWFORD AND TAYLOR COUNTIES...

AT 925 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HORNS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT VALLEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROBERTA...KNOXVILLE AND MUSELLA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA.

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 3256 8424 3267 8432 3271 8426 3269 8419
      3281 8409 3283 8405 3283 8398 3285 8397
      3283 8395 3283 8389 3273 8383 3254 8420

$$
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 311442
SVSFFC

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

GAC079-269-311453-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-050331T1445Z/
TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-
943 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CRAWFORD AND TAYLOR COUNTIES 
EXPIRES AT 945 AM EST...

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 3256 8424 3267 8432 3271 8426 3269 8419
      3281 8409 3283 8405 3283 8398 3285 8397
      3283 8395 3283 8389 3273 8383 3254 8420

$$

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, 6:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock28 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, 9:36 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

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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.