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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 19, 2006Dade County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2006, 12:14 PM EDT for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 19, 2006, 12:14 PM EDT (16:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
46 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), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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 19, 10:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 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 191614
SVRFFC
GAC083-295-191700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0088.060419T1614Z-060419T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1214 PM 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 100 PM EDT

* AT 1209 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGH POINT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TRENTON...LA FAYETTE...HINKLES 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 3494 8530 3487 8558 3459 8550 3460 8504

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 191647
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1247 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAC083-295-191700-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-060419T1700Z/
DADE GA-WALKER GA-
1247 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT
FOR WALKER AND SOUTHERN DADE COUNTIES...

AT 1242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL 
SIZED HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 
MILES EAST OF LA FAYETTE TO 14 MILES WEST OF LA FAYETTE...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

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 3494 8530 3487 8558 3459 8550 3460 8504

$$

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, 10:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker58 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, 12:28 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

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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.