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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 2, 2006Butts County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 2, 2006, 5:58 PM EST for Butts County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
Jan 2, 2006, 5:58 PM EST (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Jan 2, 2006, 6:22 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Butts County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 2, 4:47 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2006-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 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 2006-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 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 022258
SVRFFC
GAC035-022330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0013.060102T2258Z-060102T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
558 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 557 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  JACKSON AND FLOVILLA.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3333 8406 3320 8404 3321 8381 3340 8387

$$

TDP
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 022322
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
621 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

GAC035-022331-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060102T2330Z/
BUTTS GA-
621 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF BUTTS COUNTY AND SEVERE 
WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN 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 3333 8406 3320 8404 3321 8381 3340 8387

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 8:48 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCFulton, Gwinnett3 hr
Jan 2, 11:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster33 min
Jan 2, 12:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs18 min
Jan 2, 12:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor24 min
Jan 2, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton46 min
Jan 2, 4:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard49 min
Jan 2, 4:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup40 min
Jan 2, 4:38 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Fulton37 min
Jan 2, 4:54 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Fulton51 min
Jan 2, 5:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Pike, Spalding37 min
Jan 2, 5:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup47 min
Jan 2, 5:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett54 min
Jan 2, 5:24 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether27 min
Jan 2, 5:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb34 min
Jan 2, 5:28 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDeKalb22 min
Jan 2, 5:31 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Spalding29 min
Jan 2, 5:35 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCGwinnett48 min
Jan 2, 5:37 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCLamar23 min
Jan 2, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale33 min
Jan 2, 5:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike28 min
Jan 2, 5:51 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe39 min
Jan 2, 6:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar29 min
Jan 2, 6:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton21 min
Jan 2, 6:25 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Monroe35 min
Jan 2, 6:27 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin, Jasper, Jones33 min
Jan 2, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam30 min
Jan 2, 6:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro40 min
Jan 2, 6:56 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson34 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.