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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 10, 2005Chattooga County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2005, 6:39 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2005, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chattooga County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 102239
SVRFFC
GAC055-102330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0263.050510T2239Z-050510T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 637 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11
  MILES NORTH OF BERRYTON OR 6 MILES NORTH OF CLOUDLAND...AND WAS 
  MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SUBLIGNA...MENLO...LYERLY AND CLOUDLAND.

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 3459 8536 3459 8552 3435 8548 3435 8536

$$

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, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker45 min
May 10, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker42 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.