Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 392, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2005, 3:38 PM EDT for Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 19, 2005, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2005, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dooly County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 19, 3:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Unadilla, GA | 3 POWER LINES DOWN |
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, 7.6 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
- 1295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 191939 SVRFFC GAC093-192015- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0392.050819T1938Z-050819T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 338 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 336 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 UNADILLA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VIENNA AND TIPPETTVILLE. 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 3230 8361 3231 8382 3206 8386 3206 8361 $$ KDF
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 192003 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 402 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 GAC093-192015- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0392.000000T0000Z-050819T2015Z/ DOOLY- 402 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR DOOLY COUNTY... AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEHURST...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF CORDELE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VIENNA AND TIPPETTVILLE. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3230 8361 3231 8382 3206 8386 3206 8361 $$ KDF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.