Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2005, 7:45 PM EDT for Barrow County, Clarke County, Oconee County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2005, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barrow County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Oconee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 072346
SVRFFC
GAC013-059-219-080015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0155.050407T2345Z-050408T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
745 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STATHAM...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BOGART AND ATHENS.
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 3385 8355 3392 8362 3395 8369 3404 8358
3403 8356 3396 8352 3400 8348 3402 8341
3405 8338 3404 8333 3400 8328
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 080005
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
804 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005
GAC013-059-219-080015-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-050408T0015Z/
OCONEE-CLARKE-BARROW-
804 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
BARROW...CLARKE AND OCONEE COUNTIES...
AT 800 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATHENS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOGART.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3385 8355 3392 8362 3395 8369 3404 8358
3403 8356 3396 8352 3400 8348 3402 8341
3405 8338 3404 8333 3400 8328
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 080010
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
810 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005
GAC013-059-219-080020-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-050408T0015Z/
OCONEE-CLARKE-BARROW-
810 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARROW...CLARKE AND OCONEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 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 3385 8355 3392 8362 3395 8369 3404 8358
3403 8356 3396 8352 3400 8348 3402 8341
3405 8338 3404 8333 3400 8328
$$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, 7:12 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 |
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.