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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 2006Douglas County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2006, 6:55 AM EDT for Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 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
Apr 3, 2006, 6:55 AM EDT (10:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2006, 7:17 AM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Douglas County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 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
Apr 3, 3:47 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 031054
SVRFFC
GAC097-031130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0049.060403T1055Z-060403T1130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 AM EDT

* AT 652 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK...MIDWAY...MCWHORTER...LITHIA
  SPRINGS...DOUGLASVILLE AND CHAPEL HILL.

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 3377 8490 3357 8491 3358 8482 3375 8457
      3380 8460

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 031059
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
658 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

GAC097-031130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060403T1130Z/
DOUGLAS GA-
658 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EDT
FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 700 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOUGLASVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 65
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DOUGLASVILLE...CHAPEL HILL...BEULAH...MIDWAY...LITHIA SPRINGS AND
SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK.

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 3377 8490 3357 8491 3358 8482 3375 8457
      3380 8460

$$
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 031105
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
705 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

GAC097-031130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060403T1130Z/
DOUGLAS GA-
705 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EDT
FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 704 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LITHIA SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK.

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 3377 8490 3357 8491 3358 8482 3375 8457
      3380 8460

$$
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 031117
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
716 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

GAC097-031126-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060403T1130Z/
DOUGLAS GA-
716 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY AND SEVERE 
WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL MOVING 
ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY.

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 3377 8490 3357 8491 3358 8482 3375 8457
      3380 8460

$$

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, 5:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer26 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, 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

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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.