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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 21, 2005Meriwether County, Pike County, Spalding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2005, 11:41 PM EST for Meriwether County, Pike County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 11:41 PM EST (04:41 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2005, 12:15 AM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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
Feb 21, 7:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Feb 21, 10:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 220441
SVRFFC
GAC199-231-255-220515-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0068.050222T0441Z-050222T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1141 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1215 AM EST

* AT 1137 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EXPERIMENT TO RIO TO 18 MILES
  WEST OF ZEBULON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TOWALAGA...HOLLONVILLE...ALVATON AND GRIFFIN.

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 3340 8429 3325 8451 3315 8472 3302 8437
      3313 8417 3330 8411

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 220505
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1205 AM EST TUE FEB 22 2005

GAC199-255-220515-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-050222T0515Z/
MERIWETHER-SPALDING-
1205 AM EST TUE FEB 22 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SPALDING AND MERIWETHER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF SPALDING AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES.

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 3319 8436 3310 8446 3301 8442 3317 8424

$$

GAC231-220515-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-050222T0515Z/
PIKE-
1205 AM EST TUE FEB 22 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EST FOR
EASTERN PIKE COUNTY...

AT 1204 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME
SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF ZEBULON TO CONCORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF GRIFFIN TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMASTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

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 3319 8436 3310 8446 3301 8442 3317 8424

$$

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, 7:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe50 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, 11:46 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

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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.