Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 440, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 28, 2005, 2:49 PM EST for Sumter County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Dec 28, 2005, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2005, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Sumter County, GA, Webster County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 3:00 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Preston, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 1:40 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 281949 SVRFFC GAC261-307-282015- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0440.051228T1949Z-051228T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 249 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 315 PM EST * AT 245 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF PLAINS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRESTON...DUMAS AND ARLES. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3210 8465 3194 8455 3217 8404 3217 8430 $$ TDP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 1:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 20 min |
| Dec 28, 1:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 1:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 18 min |
| Dec 28, 1:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Taylor | 37 min |
| Dec 28, 2:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 29 min |
| Dec 28, 2:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Peach | 28 min |
| Dec 28, 2:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart | 32 min |
| Dec 28, 2:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley | 27 min |
| Dec 28, 3:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 3:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Sumter | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 3:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 29 min |
| Dec 28, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 24 min |
| Dec 28, 3:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 34 min |
| Dec 28, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 27 min |
| Dec 28, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Dec 28, 3:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 27 min |
| Dec 28, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 37 min |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 4:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski | 35 min |
| Dec 28, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 34 min |
| Dec 28, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 24 min |
| Dec 28, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Dec 28, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 32 min |
| Dec 28, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 4:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson | 29 min |
| Dec 28, 4:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 37 min |
| Dec 28, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 35 min |
| Dec 28, 4:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 34 min |
| Dec 28, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 45 min |
| Dec 28, 4:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 34 min |
| Dec 28, 5:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 47 min |
| Dec 28, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 16 min |
| Dec 28, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 23 min |
| Dec 28, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 6:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 26 min |
| Dec 28, 6:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Dec 28, 6:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 28 min |
| Dec 28, 6:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 48 min |
| Dec 28, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 51 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.