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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 27, 2004Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Sep 27, 2004, 4:04 AM EDT for Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
Sep 27, 2004, 4:04 AM EDT (08:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 2004, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 27, 12:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2004-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 135 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2004-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 270804
TORATL
GAC209-309-270830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
403 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 430 AM EDT

* AT 359 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
  ALAMO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING WEST AT 40 
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  UVALDA AND JORDAN.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.

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 3195 8254 3206 8247 3219 8277 3204 8285

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.