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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 428, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 4, 2005Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 4, 2005, 4:04 PM EST for Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
Dec 4, 2005, 4:04 PM EST (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Dec 4, 2005, 4:45 PM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2005-12-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 400 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2005-12-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
400 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
616 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
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 042104 RRA
SVRFFC
GAC301-042145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0428.051204T2104Z-051204T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
404 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 445 PM EST

* AT 400 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF WARRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  NORWOOD...NORRIS...CEDAR ROCK AND CAMAK.

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 3345 8287 3328 8276 3333 8250 3353 8261

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 042125
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
423 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

GAC301-042145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0428.000000T0000Z-051204T2145Z/
WARREN GA-
423 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST 
FOR WARREN COUNTY...

AT 422 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORRIS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THOMSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
WARRENTON AND AREAS SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF WARRENTON.

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.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CULVERTON IN 
EASETERN HANCOCK COUNTY AT 420 PM EST WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN 
THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND 
PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN 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 3339 8278 3328 8276 3331 8250 3343 8256

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 4, 4:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk34 min
Dec 4, 3:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee32 min
Dec 4, 3:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard39 min
Dec 4, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton35 min
Dec 4, 3:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock37 min
Dec 4, 3:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb28 min
Dec 4, 3:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson22 min
Dec 4, 4:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta42 min
Dec 4, 4:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Hall27 min
Dec 4, 4:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Paulding24 min
Dec 4, 4:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton22 min
Dec 4, 4:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson34 min
Dec 4, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Paulding31 min
Dec 4, 4:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock27 min
Dec 4, 4:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton25 min
Dec 4, 4:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow21 min
Dec 4, 5:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry25 min
Dec 4, 5:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale36 min

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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.