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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 384, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2005, 1:09 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 13, 2005, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2005, 1:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chattooga County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 824 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 131709 SVRFFC GAC055-131745- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0384.050813T1709Z-050813T1745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 109 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 145 PM EDT * AT 104 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 NEAR CHATTOOGAVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TRION...SUMMERVILLE...JAMES H. FLOYD STATE PARK AND BERRYTON. 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 3458 8552 3431 8547 3456 8511 3459 8535 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 131733 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 130 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 GAC055-131740- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0384.000000T0000Z-050813T1745Z/ CHATTOOGA- 130 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHATTOOGA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR CHATTOOGA COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS THE STORM ENTERS EXTREME WESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH AND WILL AFFECT WESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY THROUGH 2 PM. LAT...LON 3458 8552 3431 8547 3456 8511 3459 8535 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 12:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 3 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.