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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 434, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 4, 2005Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 4, 2005, 4:50 PM EST for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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, 4:50 PM EST (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Dec 4, 2005, 5:15 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 4, 2:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 042151
SVRFFC
GAC121-042215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0434.051204T2150Z-051204T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 448 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED WEST OF ATLANTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANDY
  SPRINGS AND PIEDMONT PARK.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 3373 8458 3378 8453 3384 8444 3391 8443
      3393 8440 3394 8434 3392 8431 3395 8427
      3390 8434 3374 8435

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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, 4:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren41 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, 4:54 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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.