Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 26
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 21, 2005, 12:45 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2005, 12:45 PM CST (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 102 counties
Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow 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, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Hart County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson 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, 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, Clay County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Anderson 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, Pickens County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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
48 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 12:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 1:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 50 min |
| Feb 21, 2:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Limestone | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 44 min |
| Feb 21, 3:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 37 min |
| Feb 21, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 45 min |
| Feb 21, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 3:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 3:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 47 min |
| Feb 21, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, White | 27 min |
| Feb 21, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 24 min |
| Feb 21, 4:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Feb 21, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 34 min |
| Feb 21, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 4:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 4:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 34 min |
| Feb 21, 4:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 31 min |
| Feb 21, 4:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 4:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert | 115 min |
| Feb 21, 4:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stephens | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 4:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 45 min |
| Feb 21, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 43 min |
| Feb 21, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 57 min |
| Feb 21, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Morgan | 20 min |
| Feb 21, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 5:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 28 min |
| Feb 21, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 32 min |
| Feb 21, 5:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 31 min |
| Feb 21, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 5:38 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Limestone | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 29 min |
| Feb 21, 5:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall, Morgan | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 6:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 3 hr |
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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 7:50 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Feb 21, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, Marshall | 113 min |
| Feb 21, 12:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman and 12 more | 118 min |
| Feb 21, 3:47 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Cullman, DeKalb and 14 more | 118 min |
| Feb 21, 4:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more | 55 min |
| Feb 21, 5:48 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman and 15 more | 27 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.