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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 30, 2005Montgomery County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2005, 12:45 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 30, 2005, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2005, 1:10 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montgomery County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 8:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 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 301645
SVRFFC
GAC209-301715-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0253.050430T1645Z-050430T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1245 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT

* AT 1241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  WEST OF AILEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  KIBBEE AND HIGGSTON.

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 3228 8263 3213 8263 3211 8245 3234 8243

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 301710
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
108 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2005

GAC209-301718-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-050430T1715Z/
MONTGOMERY-
108 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTHERN MONTGOMERY  COUNTY
AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF MOUNT VERNON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST 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 3228 8263 3213 8263 3211 8245 3234 8243

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 5:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd43 min
Apr 30, 6:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk52 min
Apr 30, 6:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon43 min
Apr 30, 6:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson39 min
Apr 30, 6:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding46 min
Apr 30, 6:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Pickens51 min
Apr 30, 6:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb48 min
Apr 30, 7:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup55 min
Apr 30, 9:40 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart35 min
Apr 30, 9:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee32 min
Apr 30, 9:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Webster32 min
Apr 30, 10:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter, Taylor30 min
Apr 30, 10:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly34 min
Apr 30, 11:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens35 min
Apr 30, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson36 min
Apr 30, 12:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTreutlen28 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.