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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 22, 2005Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 2:37 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2005, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 22, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 221837
SVRFFC
GAC285-221900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0183.050422T1837Z-050422T1900Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF LA GRANGE...AND MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MOUNTVILLE.

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 3303 8509 3288 8511 3287 8484 3306 8486

$$

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, 1:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, White27 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, 2:41 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.