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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 10, 2005Carroll County, Douglas County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2005, 7:46 PM EDT for Carroll County, Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2005, 8:10 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 102346
SVRFFC
GAC045-097-110030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0270.050510T2346Z-050511T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS 
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF VILLA RICA...AND MOVING 
  SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WINSTON AND MCWHORTER.

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 3383 8490 3383 8504 3355 8497 3363 8477

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 110010
SVSFFC

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

GAC045-097-110019-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-050511T0030Z/
DOUGLAS-CARROLL-
809 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CARROLL AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES 
IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE 
CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3383 8490 3383 8504 3355 8497 3363 8477

$$

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, 6:39 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, 7:51 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.