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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 7, 2005Newton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2005, 6:58 PM EDT for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2005, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Newton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2005-04-07Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2005-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 421 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 072258
SVRFFC
GAC217-072330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0150.050407T2258Z-050407T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORTERDALE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  OXFORD AND COVINGTON.

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 3346 8393 3350 8395 3350 8402 3354 8403
      3357 8398 3366 8392 3373 8390 3368 8381
      3364 8379 3344 8390

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 072328
SVSFFC

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

GAC217-072336-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-050407T2330Z/
NEWTON-
726 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NEWTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF NEWTON COUNTY AND SEVERE 
WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS WAS REPORTED AT 710 PM BY PUBLIC 
IN COVINGTON.

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 3346 8393 3350 8395 3350 8402 3354 8403
      3357 8398 3366 8392 3373 8390 3368 8381
      3364 8379 3344 8390

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Polk39 min
Apr 7, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSchley, Taylor63 min
Apr 7, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon46 min
Apr 7, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup35 min
Apr 7, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach47 min
Apr 7, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry25 min
Apr 7, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Macon71 min
Apr 7, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson40 min
Apr 7, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton30 min
Apr 7, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether38 min
Apr 7, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Spalding47 min
Apr 7, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Oconee30 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.