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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 415, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 28, 2005Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 28, 2005, 9:36 PM EST for Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
Nov 28, 2005, 9:36 PM EST (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 2005, 10:09 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2005-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 290236
SVRFFC
GAC115-233-290315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0415.051129T0236Z-051129T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
936 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1015 PM EST

* AT 935 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF SENEY...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SHANNON...ROME AND LINDALE.

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 3430 8527 3397 8525 3408 8504 3438 8503

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 290251
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
950 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

GAC115-233-290315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0415.000000T0000Z-051129T0315Z/
POLK GA-FLOYD GA-
950 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD AND NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES...

AT 949 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LINDALE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROME...
SHANNON AND PINSON.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

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 3430 8527 3397 8525 3408 8504 3438 8503

$$
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 290301
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1000 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

GAC233-290310-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0415.000000T0000Z-051129T0315Z/
POLK GA-
1000 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR POLK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELED.

IF YOU SAW 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 3430 8527 3411 8525 3411 8504 3438 8503

$$

GAC115-290315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0415.000000T0000Z-051129T0315Z/
FLOYD GA-
1000 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY...

AT 958 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR SHANNON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF ROME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

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

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 3430 8527 3411 8525 3411 8504 3438 8503

$$
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 290309
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1008 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

GAC115-290318-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0415.000000T0000Z-051129T0315Z/
FLOYD GA-
1008 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AND WEAKENED...AND THUS 
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE 
CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3430 8527 3411 8525 3411 8504 3438 8503

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 9:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow32 min
Nov 28, 11:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer24 min
Nov 28, 11:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.