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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 22, 2005Henry County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2005, 3:03 PM EST for Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 3:03 PM EST (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 3:30 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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 22, 10:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 222003
SVRFFC
GAC151-222030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0095.050322T2003Z-050322T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 PM EST

* AT 300 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BLACKSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3343 8423 3332 8419 3339 8397 3353 8401

$$

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, 1:30 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, 3:15 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.