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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 341, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 2005DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2005, 4:44 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 1, 2005, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2005, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 4:44 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGDruid Hills, GALARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
Jul 1, 4:44 PM EDTHAIL 1Druid Hills, 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2005-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 856 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 2005-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
856 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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 012044
SVRFFC
GAC089-121-012130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0341.050701T2044Z-050701T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
444 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 442 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 NEAR
  DRUID HILLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TURNER FIELD...TUCKER...STONE MOUNTAIN...PIEDMONT PARK...
  PANTHERSVILLE...DORAVILLE...DECATUR...CLARKSTON...CHAMBLEE...
  AVONDALE ESTATES AND ATLANTA.

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 3371 8440 3373 8440 3383 8445 3385 8443
      3391 8427 3391 8425 3376 8406 3372 8424
      3368 8435 3368 8438

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke31 min
Jul 1, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks27 min
Jul 1, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin24 min
Jul 1, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns38 min
Jul 1, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton46 min
Jul 1, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta51 min
Jul 1, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee46 min
Jul 1, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette, Fulton27 min
Jul 1, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton25 min
Jul 1, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan43 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.