Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 301
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 20, 2005, 1:20 PM EDT for 21 counties in Georgia; 15 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2005, 1:20 PM EDT (17:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2005, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties
Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 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
23 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 25 min |
| May 20, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 29 min |
| May 20, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia | 35 min |
| May 20, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richmond | 37 min |
| May 20, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 33 min |
| May 20, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 44 min |
| May 20, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 46 min |
| May 20, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell | 46 min |
| May 20, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 42 min |
| May 20, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell, Orangeburg | 45 min |
| May 20, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 41 min |
| May 20, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 39 min |
| May 20, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 41 min |
| May 20, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 25 min |
| May 20, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Sumter | 47 min |
| May 20, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 45 min |
| May 20, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 45 min |
| May 20, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton | 33 min |
| May 20, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 32 min |
| May 20, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 49 min |
| May 20, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 37 min |
| May 20, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 27 min |
| May 20, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hart | 7 hr |
| May 20, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Catoosa, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 20 more | 8 hr |
| May 20, 5:18 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 26 more | 57 min |
| May 20, 5:52 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Burke, Candler, Columbia, Emanuel and 18 more | 53 min |
| May 20, 8:42 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 36 more | 93 min |
| May 20, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb and 86 more | 7 hr |
| May 20, 1:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Effingham and 11 more | 29 min |
| May 20, 1:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Bacon, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow and 94 more | 65 min |
| May 20, 2:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 14 more | 62 min |
| May 20, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun and 41 more | 8 hr |
| May 20, 4:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham and 10 more | 95 min |
| May 20, 7:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun and 50 more | 91 min |
| May 20, 12:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg, York | 2 hr |
| May 20, 12:58 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg, York | 2 hr |
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.