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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 19, 2006Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2006, 4:54 PM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2006, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2006, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Heard County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 5:00 PM EDTHAIL 1.7510 Sw Franklin, GA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 19, 3:54 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2006-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 373 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2006-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
373 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 192055
SVRFFC
GAC149-192130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0101.060419T2054Z-060419T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
454 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WARESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      
  GLENN AND TEXAS.

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.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3332 8526 3333 8527 3338 8528 3319 8504
      3318 8506 3317 8508 3319 8511 3316 8512
      3316 8514 3313 8523

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 192123
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
523 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAC149-192133-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-060419T2130Z/
HEARD GA-
523 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HEARD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 530 
PM EDT...

THE STORM THAT TRIGGERED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3332 8526 3333 8527 3338 8528 3319 8504
      3318 8506 3317 8508 3319 8511 3316 8512
      3316 8514 3313 8523

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 9:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield34 min
Apr 19, 10:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker58 min
Apr 19, 10:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield38 min
Apr 19, 10:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens50 min
Apr 19, 10:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker33 min
Apr 19, 11:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd49 min
Apr 19, 11:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon46 min
Apr 19, 12:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker46 min
Apr 19, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding62 min
Apr 19, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk23 min
Apr 19, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon60 min
Apr 19, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Douglas, Fulton26 min
Apr 19, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow45 min
Apr 19, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding41 min
Apr 19, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk31 min
Apr 19, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson48 min
Apr 19, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta42 min
Apr 19, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard52 min
Apr 19, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta37 min
Apr 19, 4:26 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTroup34 min
Apr 19, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether33 min
Apr 19, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup33 min
Apr 19, 4:58 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether47 min
Apr 19, 5:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Talbot41 min
Apr 19, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup34 min
Apr 19, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot44 min
Apr 19, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion44 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.