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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 30, 2005Quitman County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2005, 9:24 AM EDT for Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
Apr 30, 2005, 9:24 AM EDT (13:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2005, 9:59 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Quitman County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 8:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2005-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 787 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2005-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
787 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
12.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 301325
SVRTAE
GAC239-301415-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0113.050430T1324Z-050430T1415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
924 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN

* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT

* AT 919 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF GEORGETOWN...OR
  ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF EUFAULA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GEORGETOWN BY 935 AM EDT...

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LAT...LON 3199 8530 3176 8535 3178 8491 3199 8493

$$

17-GOULD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KTAE 301359
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
958 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005

GAC239-301408-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050430T1415Z/
QUITMAN GA-
958 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR QUITMAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS 
MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU
CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT
850-942-8833 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3199 8530 3176 8535 3178 8491 3199 8493

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.