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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2005, 10:29 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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 15, 2005, 10:29 PM EDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2005, 10:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Troup County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 10:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | West Point, 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 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 160229 SVRFFC GAC285-160300- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0385.050816T0229Z-050816T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1029 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT * AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF WEST POINT...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LONG CANE AND ABBOTTSFORD. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 3304 8504 3308 8525 3274 8536 3269 8510 $$ RAB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 160252 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1050 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2005 GAC285-160300- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0385.000000T0000Z-050816T0300Z/ TROUP- 1050 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN TROUP COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF WESTERN TROUP COUNTY INTO CHAMBERS COUNTY ALABAMA AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN TROUP COUNTY. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE GEORGIA...ALABAMA LINE NEAR WEST POINT FOR ANOTHER 15 MINUTES. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3304 8504 3308 8525 3274 8536 3269 8510 $$ RAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 35 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.