Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.