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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 392, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 19, 2005Dooly County, Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 19, 3:59 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGUnadilla, GA3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2005-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1295 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2005-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks32 min
Aug 19, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene33 min
Aug 19, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin29 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.