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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 22, 2005Lumpkin County, White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 1:03 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 22, 2005, 1:03 PM EDT (17:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2005, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lumpkin County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2005-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 342 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 221703
SVRFFC
GAC187-311-221730-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0171.050422T1703Z-050422T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
103 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 130 PM EDT

* AT 1258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAHLONEGA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SAUTEE...GARLAND...CLEVELAND AND AURARIA.

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 3469 8395 3444 8404 3452 8366 3472 8364

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 11:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach43 min
Apr 22, 12:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll67 min
Apr 22, 12:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding37 min
Apr 22, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Pickens34 min
Apr 22, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard57 min
Apr 22, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas37 min
Apr 22, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup49 min
Apr 22, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Hall47 min
Apr 22, 1:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton44 min
Apr 22, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette29 min
Apr 22, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson46 min
Apr 22, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding44 min
Apr 22, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton40 min
Apr 22, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale38 min
Apr 22, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oconee46 min
Apr 22, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar27 min
Apr 22, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup23 min
Apr 22, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper34 min
Apr 22, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson47 min
Apr 22, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe43 min
Apr 22, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Taylor36 min
Apr 22, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Jones61 min
Apr 22, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes46 min
Apr 22, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro31 min
Apr 22, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren44 min
Apr 22, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson46 min
Apr 22, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon36 min
Apr 22, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Laurens63 min
Apr 22, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee43 min
Apr 22, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup47 min
Apr 22, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly45 min
Apr 22, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris42 min
Apr 22, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly51 min
Apr 22, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot28 min
Apr 22, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler27 min
Apr 22, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor35 min
Apr 22, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski, Wilcox55 min
Apr 22, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley24 min
Apr 22, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee30 min
Apr 22, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon26 min
Apr 22, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSchley20 min
Apr 22, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly24 min
Apr 22, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee29 min
Apr 22, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly37 min
Apr 22, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox42 min
Apr 22, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp52 min
Apr 22, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade27 min
Apr 22, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield23 min
Apr 22, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker34 min

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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.