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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2005Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 5:19 PM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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: Jul 6, 2005, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2005, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Heard County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 6, 5:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Glenn, GA	POSSIBLE TORNADO

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 6, 3:45 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 062119
TORFFC
GAC149-062200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0010.050706T2119Z-050706T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
519 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  GLENN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROANOKE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WARESVILLE...SIMPSON AND FRANKLIN.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 3313 8530 3309 8514 3332 8497 3342 8522

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 062132
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
531 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

GAC149-062200-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050706T2200Z/
HEARD-
531 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR HEARD COUNTY...

AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENN...MOVING 
NORTH AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WARESVILLE...TEXAS...FRANKLIN...SIMPSON...FROLONA AND CENTRALHATCHEE.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING 
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 3313 8530 3309 8514 3332 8497 3342 8522

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 062146
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
545 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

GAC149-062200-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050706T2200Z/
HEARD-
545 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR HEARD COUNTY...

AT 544 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR TEXAS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROANOKE...MOVING NORTH AT
30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WARESVILLE...SIMPSON...FROLONA...FRANKLIN AND CENTRALHATCHEE.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING 
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 3313 8530 3309 8514 3332 8497 3342 8522

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 4:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	38 min
Jul 6, 5:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Troup	28 min
Jul 6, 5:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Harris	31 min
Jul 6, 5:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Stewart	15 min
Jul 6, 5:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Meriwether	44 min
Jul 6, 6:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Meriwether	23 min
Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Coweta	31 min
Jul 6, 6:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Harris	22 min
Jul 6, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fayette	46 min
Jul 6, 7:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Fayette	25 min
Jul 6, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fayette	23 min
Jul 6, 7:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Meriwether	18 min
Jul 6, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton	37 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.