Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2005, 1:28 PM EST for Barrow County, Gwinnett County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 1:28 PM EST (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2005, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barrow County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 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 211830 SVRFFC GAC013-135-297-211915- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0008.050221T1828Z-050221T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 128 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 215 PM EST * AT 125 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LOGANVILLE AND NEAR TUCKER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDER...STATHAM...SNELLVILLE...RUSSELL...LILBURN...LAWRENCEVILLE AND DACULA. 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 3399 8415 3384 8418 3382 8358 3401 8361 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 211909 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 207 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005 GAC013-135-211917- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050221T1915Z/ BARROW-GWINNETT- 207 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GWINNETT AND BARROW COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS THAT SPAWNED THE WARNINGS FOR GWINNETT AND BARROW COUNTIES HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THE WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GWINNETT AND BARROW COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3392 8379 3383 8394 3382 8358 3392 8370 $$ GAC297-211915- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050221T1915Z/ WALTON- 207 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY... AT 206 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JUST EAST OF MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. 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 3392 8379 3383 8394 3382 8358 3392 8370 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 11:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 43 min |
| Feb 21, 12:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 44 min |
| Feb 21, 12:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 28 min |
| Feb 21, 12:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 23 min |
| Feb 21, 1:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Feb 21, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 37 min |
| Feb 21, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 47 min |
| Feb 21, 5:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, White | 27 min |
| Feb 21, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 34 min |
| Feb 21, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 32 min |
| Feb 21, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 6:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington | 51 min |
| Feb 21, 6:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 6:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 52 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.