Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 2:29 PM EDT for Clarke County, Madison County, Oconee County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2005, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clarke County, GA, Madison County, GA, Oconee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 221829
SVRFFC
GAC059-195-219-221915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0181.050422T1829Z-050422T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
229 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEESE TO BOGART TO 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WATKINSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WINTERVILLE...DIAMOND HILL AND ATHENS.
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 3412 8334 3391 8359 3377 8359 3372 8333
3411 8313
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 221842
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
242 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
GAC059-195-219-221915-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-050422T1915Z/
OCONEE-CLARKE-MADISON-
242 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN MADISON...CLARKE AND OCONEE COUNTIES...
AT 239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ATHENS TO WATKINSVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ATHENS TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FARMINGTON...BISHOP...WHITEHALL...NEESE...WINTERVILLE...HULL...
DIAMOND HILL AND COLBERT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3412 8334 3391 8359 3377 8359 3372 8333
3411 8313
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 221906
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
304 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
GAC059-195-219-221915-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-050422T1915Z/
OCONEE-CLARKE-MADISON-
304 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
MADISON COUNTY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF CLARKE AND
OCONEE COUNTIES...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
AT 301 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PAOLI TO COMER...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DANIELSVILLE...COLBERT AND CARLTON.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
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 3413 8334 3391 8359 3377 8359 3372 8333
3404 8315 3403 8300 3410 8301 3411 8313
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 11:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 12:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Pickens | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley | 20 min |
| Apr 22, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 34 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.