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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 13, 2005Harris County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2005, 3:02 PM EDT for Harris County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 13, 2005, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2005, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harris County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1523 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1523 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 131902
SVRFFC
GAC145-131930-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0367.050713T1902Z-050713T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
302 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 256 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 JONES CROSSROADS...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WAVERLY HALL...PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PINE MOUNTAIN AND CATAULA.

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.

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 3289 8513 3272 8516 3261 8475 3285 8470

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 131928
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
327 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

GAC145-131937-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-050713T1930Z/
HARRIS-
327 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HARRIS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 330
PM EDT...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED IN HARRIS COUNTY HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
TO 35 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE.

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 3289 8513 3272 8516 3261 8475 3285 8470

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry23 min
Jul 13, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson24 min
Jul 13, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.