Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2005, 7:12 PM EDT for Banks County, Hall County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2005, 7:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Banks County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 072312
SVRFFC
GAC011-139-157-072345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0151.050407T2312Z-050407T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
712 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LULA
TO ARCADE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MAYSVILLE...JEFFERSON...HOMER AND COMMERCE.
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 3420 8340 3414 8335 3406 8339 3400 8353
3405 8357 3406 8364 3433 8367 3450 8380
3450 8367 3443 8362 3448 8353 3446 8340
3431 8339 3425 8334
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 072331
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
731 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005
GAC139-072341-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050407T2345Z/
HALL-
731 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HALL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3420 8340 3415 8336 3406 8339 3400 8353
3405 8357 3407 8358 3426 8359 3436 8360
3441 8361 3444 8363 3448 8353 3446 8340
3431 8339 3425 8335
$$
GAC011-157-072345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050407T2345Z/
JACKSON-BANKS-
731 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR BANKS
AND EASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
ALTO TO HOLLINGSWORTH TO COMMERCE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
CORNELIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORNELIA TO COMMERCE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ARCADE...MAYSVILLE...HOMER...CENTER...APPLE VALLEY AND NICHOLSON.
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 3420 8340 3415 8336 3406 8339 3400 8353
3405 8357 3407 8358 3426 8359 3436 8360
3441 8361 3444 8363 3448 8353 3446 8340
3431 8339 3425 8335
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 072352
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
751 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005
GAC011-157-080001-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050407T2345Z/
JACKSON-BANKS-
751 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BANKS AND JACKSON COUNTIES
EXPIRED AT 745 PM EDT...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVE OUT OF BANKS AND JACKSON COUNTIES HOWEVER
GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3420 8340 3415 8336 3406 8339 3400 8353
3405 8357 3407 8358 3426 8359 3436 8360
3441 8361 3444 8363 3448 8353 3446 8340
3431 8339 3425 8335
$$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, 6:10 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, 7:18 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.