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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2005Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 5:20 PM EDT for Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 15 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: Jul 6, 2005, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2005, 5:35 PM EDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stewart County, GA

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, 1:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 062120
TORFFC
GAC259-062145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0011.050706T2120Z-050706T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LOUVALE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF EUFAULA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PROVIDENCE CANYON AND BROOKLYN.

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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN 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 3205 8505 3198 8497 3220 8466 3222 8491

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 062135
SVSFFC

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

GAC259-062144-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050706T2145Z/
STEWART-
534 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STEWART COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SUSPECTED TO BE 
PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND 
VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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 3205 8505 3198 8497 3220 8466 3222 8491

$$

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, 5:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Heard	41 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

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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.