Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2005, 4:58 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2005, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2005, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Murrayville, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 182100
SVRFFC
GAC139-182130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0331.050618T2058Z-050618T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
458 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MURRAYVILLE...CANDLER...SPRING VIEW ACRES...SUNSET HEIGHTS AND THE
UPPER END OF LAKE LANIER.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE LANIER...GET OFF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW.
DONT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM
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 3424 8369 3416 8379 3417 8381 3435 8397
3440 8397 3444 8393 3450 8383 3438 8367
3432 8363 3429 8364
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 182119
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
516 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005
GAC139-182130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-050618T2130Z/
HALL-
516 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR HALL
COUNTY...
AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN MURRAYVILLE AND GAINESVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPRING
VIEW ACRES...SUNSET HEIGHTS AND THE UPPER END OF LAKE LANIER.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MURRAYVILLE WITH
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF YOU ARE ON OR NEAR LAKE
LANIER...GET OFF OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INTO A VEHICLE FOR
SAFETY. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE UP TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3424 8369 3416 8379 3417 8381 3435 8397
3440 8397 3444 8393 3450 8383 3438 8367
3432 8363 3429 8364
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 182129
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
526 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005
GAC139-182136-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-050618T2130Z/
HALL-
526 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HALL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 530 PM
EDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND APPEARS TO NO LONGER BE SEVERE...
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HALL COUNTY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT
CONTINUES MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH ACROSS LAKE LANIER AND THE
GAINESVILLE AREA.
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 3424 8369 3416 8379 3417 8381 3435 8397
3440 8397 3444 8393 3450 8383 3438 8367
3432 8363 3429 8364
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oconee | 23 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.