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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 7, 2005Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2005, 6:10 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2005, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 49 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 072210
SVRFFC
GAC285-072245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0146.050407T2210Z-050407T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
610 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOGANSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

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

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 3307 8502 3305 8486 3321 8484 3322 8495

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 072231
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
629 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005

GAC285-072245-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-050407T2245Z/
TROUP-
629 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY...

AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOGANSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN HOGANSVILLE GEORGIA WITH 
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE 
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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 3307 8502 3305 8486 3321 8484 3322 8495

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 072237
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
636 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005

GAC285-072246-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-050407T2245Z/
TROUP-
636 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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 3307 8502 3305 8486 3321 8484 3322 8495

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Polk	39 min
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, 6:32 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.