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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2005, 6:42 PM EST for Barrow 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, 6:42 PM EST (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2005, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barrow County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 212344 SVRFFC GAC013-220030- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0032.050221T2342Z-050222T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 642 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 730 PM EST * AT 639 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 9 MILES WEST OF THOMPSONS MILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDER...RUSSELL AND AUBURN. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS 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 3413 8388 3404 8397 3391 8367 3404 8359 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 220008 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 708 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005 GAC013-220030- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050222T0030Z/ BARROW- 708 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR BARROW COUNTY... AT 705 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF RUSSELL...OR ABOUT NEAR ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDER. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3413 8388 3404 8397 3391 8367 3404 8359 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 220016 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 715 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005 GAC013-220030- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050222T0030Z/ BARROW- 715 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR CENTRAL BARROW COUNTY... AT 711 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDER MOVING EAST AT 40 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 3407 8375 3398 8382 3391 8367 3404 8359 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 11:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 43 min |
| Feb 21, 12:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 44 min |
| Feb 21, 12:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 28 min |
| Feb 21, 12:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 23 min |
| Feb 21, 1:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Feb 21, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 1:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton | 47 min |
| Feb 21, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 37 min |
| Feb 21, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 47 min |
| Feb 21, 5:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, White | 27 min |
| Feb 21, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 34 min |
| Feb 21, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 32 min |
| Feb 21, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 6:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington | 51 min |
| Feb 21, 6:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 52 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.