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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 21, 2005Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2005, 5:42 PM EST for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
Feb 21, 2005, 5:42 PM EST (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2005, 6:30 PM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cherokee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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
Feb 21, 1:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2005-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 88 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 2005-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
88 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 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 212242
SVRFFC
GAC057-212330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0025.050221T2242Z-050221T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
542 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 538 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF WALESKA...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS  THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD GOLF BALL 
SIZE HAIL IN ADAIRSVILLE.  TAKE NECESSARY ACTION NOW

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 3439 8466 3429 8480 3417 8457 3429 8439

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 11:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker43 min
Feb 21, 12:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding44 min
Feb 21, 12:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer28 min
Feb 21, 12:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding23 min
Feb 21, 1:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett23 min
Feb 21, 1:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton30 min
Feb 21, 1:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Walton47 min
Feb 21, 1:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee30 min
Feb 21, 2:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes46 min
Feb 21, 4:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray37 min
Feb 21, 4:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer41 min
Feb 21, 4:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Walker49 min
Feb 21, 4:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUnion39 min
Feb 21, 4:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon47 min
Feb 21, 5:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, Towns, White27 min
Feb 21, 5:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Pickens34 min
Feb 21, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga30 min
Feb 21, 5:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow40 min
Feb 21, 5:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd41 min
Feb 21, 6:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton52 min
Feb 21, 6:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding46 min
Feb 21, 6:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Hall32 min
Feb 21, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb30 min
Feb 21, 6:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock41 min
Feb 21, 6:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington51 min
Feb 21, 6:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow48 min
Feb 21, 6:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett52 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.