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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 10, 2005Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2005, 5:45 PM EDT for Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
May 10, 2005, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2005, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walker County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2005-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 120 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 2005-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 102145
SVRFFC
GAC295-102230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0261.050510T2145Z-050510T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
545 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HIGH POINT...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LA
  FAYETTE AND HINKLES.

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 3496 8540 3486 8547 3463 8544 3472 8522

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 102206
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005

GAC295-102230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-050510T2230Z/
WALKER-
606 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY...

AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NOW CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL 
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR CEDAR GROVE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA FAYETTE 
...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD 
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... 
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 3485 8539 3483 8546 3464 8549 3463 8535

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam25 min
May 10, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes29 min
May 10, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones33 min
May 10, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin30 min
May 10, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Washington32 min
May 10, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington31 min
May 10, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington33 min
May 10, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker42 min
May 10, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga51 min
May 10, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones26 min
May 10, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Pulaski28 min
May 10, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs34 min
May 10, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette29 min
May 10, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd45 min
May 10, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield50 min
May 10, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas24 min
May 10, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Monroe24 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.