Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 157
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 12, 2005, 4:25 PM EDT for 65 counties in Georgia; 21 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2005, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2005, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 86 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 23 min |
| Apr 12, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 25 min |
| Apr 12, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 29 min |
| Apr 12, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 53 min |
| Apr 12, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 52 min |
| Apr 12, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 33 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 3:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 52 more | 97 min |
| Apr 12, 6:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Calhoun, Edgefield, Greenwood and 8 more | 95 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.