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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 2006Gilmer County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2006, 5:49 AM EDT for Gilmer County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 3, 2006, 5:49 AM EDT (09:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2006, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gilmer County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 3, 5:50 AM EDTHAIL 1.753 Nne Cherry Log, GAOCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY 515 NEAR THE GILMER AND FANNIN COUNTY LINE.

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 3, 3:47 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 587 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 030949
SVRFFC
GAC123-031015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0039.060403T0949Z-060403T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
549 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 615 AM EDT

* AT 544 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHERRY LOG...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PISGAH.

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 3485 8456 3472 8455 3471 8426 3484 8432

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 4:42 AM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more23 hr
Apr 3, 5:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker42 min
Apr 3, 5:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd24 min
Apr 3, 5:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon27 min
Apr 3, 5:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd35 min
Apr 3, 5:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union31 min
Apr 3, 5:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray20 min
Apr 3, 5:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow31 min
Apr 3, 6:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Pickens23 min
Apr 3, 6:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk34 min
Apr 3, 6:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union28 min
Apr 3, 6:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Pickens29 min
Apr 3, 6:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee21 min
Apr 3, 6:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding25 min
Apr 3, 6:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, White26 min
Apr 3, 6:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas22 min
Apr 3, 7:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton21 min
Apr 3, 7:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard7 min
Apr 3, 7:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb12 min
Apr 3, 7:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette28 min
Apr 3, 8:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry10 min
Apr 3, 9:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup22 min
Apr 3, 4:00 PM EDTFire Weather WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.