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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 22, 2005Dodge County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2005, 11:39 AM EST for Dodge County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 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 22, 2005, 11:39 AM EST (16:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 12:45 PM EST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dodge County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 12:00Z on 2005-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2005-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 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 221641
SVRFFC
GAC091-315-221745-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0083.050322T1639Z-050322T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1139 AM EST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1245 PM EST

* AT 1133 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  EASTMAN AND CHESTER.

THIS STORM PRODUCED QUARTER-SIZED HAIL IN PITTS GEORGIA AT 1120 AM.  
ANOTHER STRONG STORM IS DEVELOPING IN DODGE COUNTY NEAR MITCHELL AND 
IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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 3209 8342 3191 8335 3215 8298 3241 8315

$$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 221715
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1213 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005

GAC315-221723-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-050322T1745Z/
WILCOX-
1213 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO DODGE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3215 8323 3200 8316 3211 8294 3228 8306

$$

GAC091-221745-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-050322T1745Z/
DODGE-
1213 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM EST FOR
CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY...

AT 1208 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAUNCEY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
EASTMAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF EAST-CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY.

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 3215 8323 3200 8316 3211 8294 3228 8306

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 11:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox40 min
Mar 22, 11:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee26 min
Mar 22, 12:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb24 min
Mar 22, 12:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike30 min
Mar 22, 12:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens57 min
Mar 22, 12:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler23 min
Mar 22, 1:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTreutlen37 min
Mar 22, 1:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs54 min
Mar 22, 1:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee30 min
Mar 22, 1:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fulton35 min
Mar 22, 2:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette26 min
Mar 22, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry29 min
Mar 22, 2:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale36 min
Mar 22, 3:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry27 min
Mar 22, 3:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts30 min
Mar 22, 3:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Newton32 min
Mar 22, 3:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan33 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.