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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 13, 2005Hancock County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 4:57 PM EST for Hancock County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
Jan 13, 2005, 4:57 PM EST (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2005, 5:30 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hancock County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2005-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 2005-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
344 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 132157
TORFFC
GAC141-132230-
/X.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0001.050113T2157Z-050113T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
457 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 452 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  CULVERTON...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR WEST CENTRAL 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 3330 8294 3322 8287 3335 8279 3347 8283

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 3:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Murray39 days
Jan 13, 4:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Oglethorpe39 days
Jan 13, 5:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Warren39 days
Jan 13, 5:21 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren24 min
Jan 13, 5:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Oconee39 days
Jan 13, 5:53 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBartow, Warren39 days

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.