Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 357, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2005, 8:33 PM EDT for Clayton County, DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 6, 2005, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2005, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clayton County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 684 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 980 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 070033 SVRFFC GAC063-089-121-070115- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0357.050707T0033Z-050707T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 833 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 827 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA HARTSFIELD-JACKSON AIRPORT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURNER FIELD...RIVERDALE...PIEDMONT PARK...PANTHERSVILLE... MORROW...HAPEVILLE...FOREST PARK...DRUID HILLS...DECATUR... CONLEY...AVONDALE ESTATES AND ATLANTA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 3357 8446 3352 8434 3376 8414 3381 8445 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 070049
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
848 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005
GAC063-070058-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0357.000000T0000Z-050707T0115Z/
CLAYTON-
848 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLAYTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF CLAYTON COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3366 8425 3366 8444 3380 8444 3380 8439
3379 8438 3379 8433 3376 8413 3373 8417
3365 8424
$$
GAC089-121-070115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0357.000000T0000Z-050707T0115Z/
DEKALB-FULTON-
848 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES...
AT 844 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HAPEVILLE AND CONLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
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 3366 8425 3366 8444 3380 8444 3380 8439
3379 8438 3379 8433 3376 8413 3373 8417
3365 8424
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 070107
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
905 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005
GAC089-121-070115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0357.000000T0000Z-050707T0115Z/
DEKALB-FULTON-
905 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES...
AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PANTHERSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PIEDMONT PARK...DECATUR...DRUID HILLS...AVONDALE ESTATES...SANDY
SPRINGS...ROSWELL AND ALPHARETTA.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING WITH THIS STORM...EXPECT PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS AND SOME FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS. WATER WILL BE RISING
ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. LOW LYING AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS
WILL ALSO SEE RISING WATER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3351 8483 3351 8483 3384 8444 3396 8436
3411 8442 3418 8435 3419 8426 3411 8426
3405 8412 3395 8428 3396 8434 3380 8435
3376 8413 3366 8424 3366 8445 3355 8448
3351 8460
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pike | 12 min |
| Jul 6, 8:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 9:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fayette | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 9:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fayette | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 9:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 10:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 10:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 11:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oconee | 18 min |
| Jul 7, 12:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Madison | 3 hr |
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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.