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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2005, 9:44 PM EST for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 7, 2005, 9:44 PM EST (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2005, 10:30 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 8:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 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 080244 SVRFFC GAC199-080330- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0075.050308T0244Z-050308T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 944 PM EST MON MAR 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1030 PM EST * AT 943 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 NEAR PRIMROSE...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODBURY...SAINT MARKS...LUTHERSVILLE AND GREENVILLE. 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 3320 8485 3291 8485 3291 8458 3322 8456 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 080308 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1008 PM EST MON MAR 7 2005 GAC199-080318- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-050308T0330Z/ MERIWETHER- 1008 PM EST MON MAR 7 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MERIWETHER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF MERIWETHER COUNTY AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3320 8485 3291 8485 3291 8458 3322 8456 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 2:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 20 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.