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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 13, 2005Taliaferro County, Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 5:21 PM EST for Taliaferro County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 5:21 PM EST (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2005, 5:45 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 132222
TORFFC
GAC265-301-132245-
/X.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0002.050113T2221Z-050113T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EST

* AT 517 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SHARON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF THOMSON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  RAYTOWN AND CADLEY.

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 3353 8282 3346 8266 3363 8260 3365 8284

$$

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, 4:57 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHancock33 min
Jan 13, 5:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Warren39 days
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.