Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 10:17 PM EDT for Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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, 10:17 PM EDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2005, 10:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rockdale County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 10:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Conyers, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE CONYERS AREA AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 258 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 070217 TORFFC GAC247-070245- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0023.050707T0217Z-050707T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1017 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1045 PM EDT * AT 1011 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONYERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILSTEAD. TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. 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 3360 8418 3353 8403 3374 8391 3378 8400 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 070236 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1034 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 GAC247-070245- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050707T0245Z/ ROCKDALE- 1034 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR ROCKDALE COUNTY... AT 1033 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILSTEAD...OR ABOUT NEAR CONYERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE IN PORTIONS OF HENRY COUNTY...NEAR MCDONOUGH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3360 8418 3353 8403 3374 8391 3378 8400 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 070256 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1052 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 GAC247-070302- /O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050707T0245Z/ ROCKDALE- 1052 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ROCKDALE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1045 PM EDT... STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL FALLING WITH THIS STORM...EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND SOME 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 3360 8418 3353 8403 3374 8391 3378 8400 $$
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, 9:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 23 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.