Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 113
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 31, 2005, 7:30 AM CST for 18 counties in Alabama; 48 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2005, 7:30 AM CST (13:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2005, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties
Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Henry County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 16 min |
| Mar 31, 7:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 117 min |
| Mar 31, 7:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 8:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Monroe | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 8:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 8:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 33 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 311327
SEL3
SPC WW 311327
ALZ000-GAZ000-312100-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 113
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
830 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN ALABAMA
CENTRAL GEORGIA
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 830 AM UNTIL
400 PM EST.
HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MONTGOMERY ALABAMA TO 85 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 112. WATCH NUMBER 112 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 830 AM EST.
DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM
SOUTHEAST MS ACROSS CENTRAL GA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN CAPABLE
OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS IT
DEVELOPS SOUTHEASTWARD.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27030.
...HART
320,0872 335,0821 322,0821 303,0872SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:56 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 2 more | 94 min |
| Mar 30, 8:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Conecuh and 11 more | 95 min |
| Mar 30, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Calhoun, Chilton, Clarke and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 94 min |
| Mar 31, 12:53 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 21 more | 97 min |
| Mar 31, 1:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 46 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:08 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more | 97 min |
| Mar 31, 5:34 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 34 more | 116 min |
| Mar 31, 6:53 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 35 more | 67 min |
| Mar 31, 10:32 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 7 more | 88 min |
| Mar 31, 2:15 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Geneva, Houston | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee and 36 more | 91 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.