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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2005Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 9:08 PM EDT for Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2005, 9:36 PM EDT
In force
28 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), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 9:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWoolsey, GASEVERAL TREES DOWN
Jul 6, 9:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFayetteville, GAFEW TREES DOWN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 7:35 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 684 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
684 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
980 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 070107
TORFFC
GAC113-070145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0020.050707T0108Z-050707T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
908 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 945 PM EDT

* AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTH
  OF KENWOOD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEACHTREE CITY...MOVING
  NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WOOLSEY...INMAN AND BROOKS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
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 3327 8449 3327 8443 3349 8438 3352 8445

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 070136
SVSFFC

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

GAC113-070146-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050707T0145Z/
FAYETTE-
936 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN FAYETTE 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...VERY
HEAVY RAIN CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD 
TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
STORM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT
OF EASTERN FAYETTE  COUNTY AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
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 3327 8449 3327 8443 3349 8438 3352 8445

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton42 min
Jul 6, 8:48 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPike12 min
Jul 6, 8:50 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta25 min
Jul 6, 9:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jul 6, 9:11 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFayette24 min
Jul 6, 9:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Henry24 min
Jul 6, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry23 min
Jul 6, 10:17 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCRockdale39 min
Jul 6, 10:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton24 min
Jul 6, 10:52 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCNewton38 min
Jul 6, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton36 min
Jul 6, 11:57 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCOconee18 min
Jul 7, 12:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jul 7, 2:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMadison3 hr
Jul 7, 5:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMadison3 hr

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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.