Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2005, 5:35 PM EST for Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 168 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2005, 5:35 PM EST (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 168 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Houston County, AL, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 1:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTAE 142235 SVRTAE GAC173-185-142300- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0013.050314T2235Z-050314T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 535 PM EST MON MAR 14 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LANIER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA EASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 600 PM EST * AT 530 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELMAR...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF VALDOSTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GREENS CROSSING BY 540 PM EST... GREENWOOD AND STOCKTON BY 545 PM EST... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3093 8325 3076 8318 3078 8282 3102 8291 $$ 18-WOOL
1 follow-up statement
000 WUUS52 KTAE 291703 SVRTAE ALC069-291730- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0013.050829T1701Z-050829T1730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 101 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...COTTONWOOD * UNTIL 130 PM EDT(1230 PM CDT) * AT 1257 PM EDT(1157 AM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COWARTS...ASHFORD...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN BY 115 PM EDT(1215 PM CDT)... WEBB...KINSEY AND 11 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA BY 120 PM EDT(1220 PM CDT)... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 3101 8548 3100 8513 3132 8509 3128 8549 $$ 38-GODSEY/WATSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 159 days |
| Mar 14, 5:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 167 days |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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.