Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 383, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2005, 7:31 PM EDT for White County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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
- Aug 5, 2005, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2005, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County White County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 4 S Cleveland, GA | |
| Aug 5, 7:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 S Cleveland, GA | |
| Aug 5, 7:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Sw Cleveland, GA | |
| Aug 5, 7:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 6 W Cleveland, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1289 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 052331 SVRFFC GAC311-060000- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0383.050805T2331Z-050806T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 731 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHWEST CLEVELAND...AND MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEAF. 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 3446 8364 3461 8359 3468 8384 3452 8390 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 052345 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 743 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 GAC311-060000- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0383.000000T0000Z-050806T0000Z/ WHITE- 743 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR WHITE COUNTY... AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLEVELAND...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF DAHLONEGA...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. AT 735 PM EDT...PENNY SIZE HAIL AND 65 MPH ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS WERE REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTH OF CLEVELAND. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST WHITE COUNTY. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3449 8374 3461 8370 3462 8387 3452 8390 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 31 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.