Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 9:36 PM EDT for Clayton County, Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 7 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, 9:36 PM EDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2005, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clayton County, GA, Henry County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hampton, GA | DAMAGE TO CONDOS AT ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Jul 6, 9:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 W Hampton, GA | AN F2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY. IT DID SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE SPEEDWAY FACILITIES. DAMAGE ESTIMATES EXCEED 40 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE SPEEDWAY AND AIRCRAFT AND FACILITIES AT THE ADJACENT TARA FIELD AIRPORT. THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATE |
| Jul 6, 9:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hampton, GA | SEVERAL LARGE PINE TREES DOWN |
| Jul 6, 9:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jonesboro, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Jul 6, 9:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jonesboro, GA | SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY |
| Jul 6, 10:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Mcdonough, GA | F1 TORNADO ON EAST LAKE ROAD. DAMAGE PATH 300 YARDS WIDE AND 3 MILES LONG. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO AT LEAST ONE HOME. MODERATE DAMAGE TO SEVERAL OTHERS. |
| Jul 6, 10:03 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stockbridge, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...HOMES DAMAGED |
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, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 070136 TORFFC GAC063-151-070200- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0022.050707T0136Z-050707T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 936 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 933 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LOVEJOY... OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STOCKBRIDGE...MORROW...JONESBORO...FOREST PARK AND CONLEY. TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. 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 3339 8441 3337 8425 3358 8414 3365 8435 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 070154 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 950 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 GAC063-151-070200- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050707T0200Z/ HENRY-CLAYTON- 950 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR EASTERN CLAYTON AND WESTERN HENRY COUNTIES... AT 949 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN THE LOVEJOY AND HAMPTON VICINITY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND SOME FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS. WATER WILL BE RISING ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. LOW LYING AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL ALSO SEE RISING WATER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3339 8441 3337 8425 3358 8414 3365 8435 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 8:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pike | 12 min |
| Jul 6, 8:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 9:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fayette | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 9:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fayette | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 10:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 10:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 11:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oconee | 18 min |
| Jul 7, 12:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Madison | 3 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.