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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 27, 2005Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2005, 2:50 AM EDT for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 16 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 27, 2005, 2:50 AM EDT (06:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2005, 3:06 AM EDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Telfair County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 415 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 270651
SVRFFC
GAC271-270715-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0237.050427T0650Z-050427T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
250 AM EDT WED APR 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 315 AM EDT

* AT 242 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSONVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3188 8302 3170 8300 3172 8245 3195 8247

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 270706
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
306 AM EDT WED APR 27 2005

GAC271-270716-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-050427T0715Z/
TELFAIR-
306 AM EDT WED APR 27 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TELFAIR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 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 3188 8302 3170 8300 3172 8245 3195 8247

$$

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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.