Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 22, 2005Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2005, 1:30 PM EST for Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 1:30 PM EST (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 2:00 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 22, 10:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000
WUUS52 KFFC 221831
SVRFFC
GAC145-215-221900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0090.050322T1830Z-050322T1900Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 200 PM EST

* AT 124 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS TO 15
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WAVERLY HALL.

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 3250 8530 3227 8495 3270 8464 3289 8492

$$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 221848
SVSFFC

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

GAC145-215-221900-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050322T1900Z/
MUSCOGEE-HARRIS-
148 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR
HARRIS AND MUSCOGEE COUNTIES...

AT 144 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF HAMILTON TO
COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAVERLY
HALL.

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 3250 8530 3227 8495 3270 8464 3289 8492

$$

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, 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, 1:40 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

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.