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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 10, 2005Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2005, 5:32 PM EDT for Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 13 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
Jul 10, 2005, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2005, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
13 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), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2005-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 369 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2005-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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 102132
TORFFC
GAC247-102145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0027.050710T2132Z-050710T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
532 PM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 527 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  CONYERS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MILSTEAD.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NO SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 3357 8410 3358 8415 3364 8416 3363 8411
      3373 8404 3366 8394 3357 8399 3354 8404

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jul 10, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones, Monroe29 min
Jul 10, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Spalding47 min
Jul 10, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Monroe49 min
Jul 10, 3:03 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCButts, Monroe31 min
Jul 10, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Putnam39 min
Jul 10, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry45 min
Jul 10, 5:41 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDeKalb29 min
Jul 10, 6:03 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFulton27 min
Jul 10, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb25 min
Jul 10, 7:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFulton103 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.