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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 360, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2005Walton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2005, 11:24 PM EDT for Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 11:24 PM EDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2005, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 288 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 684 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 070324
SVRFFC
GAC297-070400-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0360.050707T0324Z-050707T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1124 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1122 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND     
  60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOCIAL CIRCLE...AND MOVING    
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PANNELL AND MONROE.

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 3369 8388 3362 8368 3382 8353 3392 8376

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton42 min
Jul 6, 8:48 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPike12 min
Jul 6, 8:50 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta25 min
Jul 6, 9:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jul 6, 9:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFayette28 min
Jul 6, 9:11 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFayette24 min
Jul 6, 9:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Henry24 min
Jul 6, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry23 min
Jul 6, 10:17 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCRockdale39 min
Jul 6, 10:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton24 min
Jul 6, 10:52 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCNewton38 min
Jul 6, 11:57 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCOconee18 min
Jul 7, 12:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jul 7, 2:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMadison3 hr
Jul 7, 5:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMadison3 hr

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.