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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 10, 2005DeKalb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2005, 5:41 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2005, 6:10 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County DeKalb County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 44 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 102141
TORFFC
GAC089-102215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0028.050710T2141Z-050710T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  LITHONIA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  REDAN...PANTHERSVILLE...DRUID HILLS...DECATUR AND AVONDALE ESTATES.

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 3365 8419 3364 8423 3365 8427 3365 8430
      3365 8434 3382 8434 3387 8430 3372 8407
      3364 8411 3364 8413

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 102201
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005

GAC089-102215-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050710T2215Z/
DEKALB-
600 PM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR DEKALB COUNTY...

AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AVONDALE
ESTATES...OR ABOUT NEAR PANTHERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CLARKSTON...DECATUR AND DRUID HILLS.

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 THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL 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 3365 8419 3364 8423 3365 8427 3365 8430
      3365 8434 3382 8434 3387 8430 3372 8407
      3364 8411 3364 8413

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 102210
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
609 PM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005

GAC089-102219-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050710T2215Z/
DEKALB-
609 PM EDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DEKALB COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AND IS NO LONGER 
SUSPECTED TO BE PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP 
TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL 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 3365 8419 3364 8423 3365 8427 3365 8430
      3365 8434 3382 8434 3387 8430 3372 8407
      3364 8411 3364 8413

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jones, Monroe	29 min
Jul 10, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Spalding	47 min
Jul 10, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Monroe	49 min
Jul 10, 3:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Butts, Monroe	31 min
Jul 10, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Putnam	39 min
Jul 10, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry	45 min
Jul 10, 5:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Rockdale	13 min
Jul 10, 6:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Fulton	27 min
Jul 10, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb	25 min
Jul 10, 7:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	103 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.