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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 19, 2006Dade County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2006, 10:02 AM EDT for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 min. 2 reports 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, 10:02 AM EDT (14:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:02 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 19, 10:45 AM EDTHAIL 0.75La Fayette, GA
Apr 19, 11:00 AM EDTHAIL 0.755 Nw Trenton, GA

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

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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°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 191402
SVRFFC
GAC083-295-191500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0082.060419T1402Z-060419T1500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1002 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 958 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN TO
  29 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ENGLAND...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TRENTON...ROSSVILLE...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...LA FAYETTE...HINKLES...
  HIGH POINT AND CHICKAMAUGA.

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 3486 8528 3484 8521 3477 8521 3476 8516
      3471 8516 3471 8508 3463 8505 3460 8552
      3499 8560 3499 8560 3500 8528

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 191447
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1047 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAC083-295-191500-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-060419T1500Z/
DADE GA-WALKER GA-
1047 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR WALKER AND DADE COUNTIES...

AT 1044 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF TRENTON TO
FAIRVIEW...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF BRIDGEPORT
TO FAIRVIEW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGH
POINT...CLOUDLAND STATE PARK...ROCK SPRING...RISING FAWN...VILLNOW...
NAOMI...DAVIS CROSSROADS...CEDAR GROVE...NOBLE...LA FAYETTE AND
LINWOOD.

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 3486 8528 3484 8521 3477 8521 3476 8516
      3471 8516 3471 8508 3463 8505 3460 8552
      3499 8560 3499 8560 3500 8528

$$

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, 10:22 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, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard36 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

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.