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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 21, 2005Greene County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2005, 7:55 PM EST for Greene County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
Feb 21, 2005, 7:55 PM EST (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2005, 8:45 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 21, 7:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 00:00Z on 2005-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 904 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
904 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
9.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 220055
SVRFFC
GAC133-221-220145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0041.050222T0055Z-050222T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
755 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EST

* AT 751 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES WEST OF CRAWFORD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WRAYSWOOD.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 3360 8327 3361 8329 3370 8337 3371 8332
      3374 8328 3380 8328 3382 8329 3391 8323
      3386 8298

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 7:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow28 min
Feb 21, 7:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee41 min
Feb 21, 7:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton45 min
Feb 21, 7:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington44 min
Feb 21, 7:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee24 min
Feb 21, 7:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett32 min
Feb 21, 7:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan38 min
Feb 21, 8:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale29 min
Feb 21, 8:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton30 min
Feb 21, 8:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb37 min
Feb 21, 8:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes37 min
Feb 21, 8:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton30 min
Feb 21, 8:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Newton40 min
Feb 21, 8:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb32 min
Feb 21, 8:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren23 min
Feb 21, 9:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale37 min
Feb 21, 9:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene26 min
Feb 21, 9:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton25 min
Feb 21, 9:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock39 min
Feb 21, 9:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington45 min
Feb 21, 9:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan26 min
Feb 21, 10:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson43 min
Feb 21, 10:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam39 min
Feb 21, 10:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard37 min
Feb 21, 10:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll27 min
Feb 21, 10:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta26 min
Feb 21, 10:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette25 min
Feb 21, 10:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup46 min
Feb 21, 10:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson18 min
Feb 21, 11:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette42 min
Feb 21, 11:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard27 min
Feb 21, 11:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris43 min
Feb 21, 11:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton52 min
Feb 21, 11:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding34 min
Feb 21, 11:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot44 min
Feb 21, 11:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup27 min
Feb 22, 12:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris34 min
Feb 22, 12:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot46 min
Feb 22, 1:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.