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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2006, 12:15 AM EDT for Gilmer County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- May 3, 2006, 12:15 AM EDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2006, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gilmer County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 030415 SVRFFC GAC123-030445- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0148.060503T0415Z-060503T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1215 AM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1245 AM EDT * AT 1214 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLIJAY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TALONA...PISGAH AND MARION. 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 3476 8429 3471 8462 3455 8450 3461 8419 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 2, 10:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 10:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1005 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 .UPDATE... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS EVENING IN AN AREA OF MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ALSO CONTRIBUTED SOME LIFT. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO GEORGIA...BUT THERE IS DOUBT ABOUT WHETHER MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL BE AS STRONG IN GEORGIA AS IT WAS UPSTREAM. HAVE OPTED TO RAISE POPS SLIGHTLY IN THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES OF GEORGIA JUST AHEAD OF THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...AND MAINTAIN THE 20 PERCENT POPS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH GEORGIA SIMPLY BECAUSE WE CANNOT RULE OUT THE OCCURRENCE OF PRECIP OVERNIGHT. && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE && 15
Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 9:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 903 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-031000- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 903 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES COUPLED WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITIES WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE EAST...SOUTHEAST AND A FEW STORMS WILL PUSH INTO NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND MODERATE INSTABILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO POOL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATER INSTABILITIES OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING EASTWARD TOWARD NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGER STORMS WOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WHERE THE GREATER INSTABILITIES WILL BE FOCUSED. THE THREAT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL GREATLY DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND THE UPPER DISTURBANCES WEAKENING AS THEY PUSH FURTHER EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEING THE MOST LIKELY DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 8:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 856 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 GAZ008-030145- 856 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN UNION COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM EDT... AT 851 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEWNER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS UNION COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LAKE NOTTELY AND BLAIRSVILLE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 2, 9:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 944 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 GAZ008-009-030215- 944 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN UNION AND TOWNS COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT... AT 942 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WEST OF ALEXANDERS MILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS UNION AND TOWNS COUNTIES. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE YOUNG HARRIS...HIAWASSEE AND CHATUGE LAKE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 2, 10:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1056 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 GAZ004>006-030400- 1056 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN IN FANNIN...WHITFIELD AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 1056 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND NORTH GEORGIA BORDER...FROM NEAR COHUTTA TO JUST NORTHWEST OF MCCAYSVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR ONE INCH ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS LIKELY.
Special weather statement, May 2, 11:34 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1134 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 GAZ003-030415- 1134 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN CATOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM EDT... AT 1132 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEITH TO BOYNTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CATOOSA COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE INDIAN SPRINGS AND RINGGOLD. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, May 2, 11:52 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1152 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 GAZ007-030430- 1152 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN GILMER COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM EDT... AT 1149 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF CHERRY LOG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 1/2 INCH HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN GILMER COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CHERRY LOG AND ELLIJAY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, May 3, 12:03 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1203 AM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 GAZ005-030445- 1203 AM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 1/2 INCH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN MURRAY COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM EDT... AT 1201 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUMAC TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 1/2 INCH HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES ACROSS MURRAY COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CRANDALL...ETON AND CHATSWORTH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE SOME STREET FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Murray | 30 min |
| May 3, 12:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 35 min |
| May 3, 3:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 28 min |
| May 3, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.