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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2005Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 7:05 PM EDT for Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports 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, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2005, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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, 7:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Peachtree City, GA	SEVERAL TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
Jul 6, 7:38 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	1 E Peachtree City, GA	DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 4 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 062305
TORFFC
GAC113-062330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0016.050706T2305Z-050706T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  PEACHTREE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANDY
  CREEK...KENWOOD AND FAYETTEVILLE.

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 3333 8464 3324 8450 3347 8434 3357 8454

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 062323
SVSFFC

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

GAC113-062330-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050706T2330Z/
FAYETTE-
721 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY...

AT 717 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STARRS MILL...OR
ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF PEACHTREE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BROOKS...SANDY CREEK...LEES MILL...KENWOOD...INMAN AND FAYETTEVILLE.

SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ON ROCK HOUSE ROAD IN THE SENOIA 
AREA WITH THIS STORM.

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL 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 3333 8464 3324 8450 3347 8434 3357 8454

$$

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, 5:20 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, 7:37 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.