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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 7, 2005Meriwether County, Georgia

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 7, 8:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 9:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup44 min
Mar 8, 2:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach20 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.