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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 22, 2005Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2005, 12:52 PM EST for Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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, 12:52 PM EST (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 1:15 PM EST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 381 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
381 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000
WUUS52 KFFC 221752
SVRFFC
GAC209-309-221815-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0087.050322T1752Z-050322T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1252 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 115 PM EST

* AT 1251 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALAMO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
  VERNON...GLENWOOD AND AILEY.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3225 8280 3209 8292 3211 8246 3234 8244

$$

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, 11:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Wilcox66 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, 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

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.