Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2005, 5:11 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 7, 2005, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2005, 5:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 514 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 KFFC 072112 SVRFFC GAC055-115-233-072145- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0143.050407T2111Z-050407T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 511 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF CAVE SPRING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUMMERVILLE...ROME AND LINDALE. 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 3428 8557 3387 8547 3419 8511 3461 8521 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 072130 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 529 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005 GAC055-115-233-072145- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-050407T2145Z/ POLK-FLOYD-CHATTOOGA- 529 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR CHATTOOGA...FLOYD AND NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES... AT 523 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHATTOOGAVILLE TO ETNA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTRE TO 11 MILES WEST OF CEDARTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ESOM HILL...TIDINGS...SUMMERVILLE...ROME...LYERLY...LINDALE...HOLLAND... COOSA...CAVE SPRING AND ARMUCHEE. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3428 8557 3387 8547 3419 8511 3461 8521 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 072150 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 549 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005 GAC055-115-233-072159- /O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-050407T2145Z/ POLK-FLOYD-CHATTOOGA- 549 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHATTOOGA...FLOYD AND POLK COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 545 PM EDT... 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 3428 8557 3387 8547 3419 8511 3461 8521 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley, Taylor | 63 min |
| Apr 7, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Peach | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon | 71 min |
| Apr 7, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Oconee | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.