Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 4:23 PM EDT for Carroll County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 5 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
- Aug 29, 2005, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Carroll County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 4:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Roopville, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO ON HWY 27 NEAR ROOPVILLE. NUMEROUS HOMES AND CHICKEN HOUSES DESTROYED. TWO PEOPLE TRAPPED. |
| Aug 29, 4:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ne Roopville, GA | *** 1 FATAL, 3 INJ *** F2/ TORNADO TRAVELED FROM SOUTHERN BORDER TO 2 MILES EAST OF ROOPVILLE THEN 2 MILES NORTH OF ROOPVILLE. TOTAL PATH LENGHT 9.5 MILES. TORNADO WIDTH UP TO 200 YARDS. MAJOR DAMAGE TO HOMES AND 8 CHICKEN COOPS. |
| Aug 29, 4:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 N Centralhatchee, GA | F2 OCCURRED IN EXTREME NORTHERN HEARD COUNTY TOUCHING DOWN 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF GLENLOCH. THIS CAUSED INTERMITTENT DAMAGE ALONG A PATH THAT EXTENDED NORTH INTO CARROLL COUNTY. THE TORNADO TRAVELED ON A PATH THAT TOOK IT 2 MILES EAST OF ROOPVILLE |
| Aug 29, 4:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Roopville, GA | *** 1 FATAL *** F2 TORNADO. CONTINUATION OF F2 TORNADO THAT BEGAN 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF GLENLOCH IN NORTHERN HEARD COUNTY. OVERALL DAMAGE PATH WAS 5.5 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS WIDE. TORNADO CONTINUED TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROOPVILLE. AT LEAST FOUR ADDITIONAL LARG |
| Aug 29, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Carrollton, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO ON HWY 27 SOUTH OF CARROLLTON. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 292023 TORFFC GAC045-292100- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0031.050829T2023Z-050829T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 423 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEM...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF CARROLLTON...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JOHN TANNER STATE PARK AND BURWELL. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 8519 3340 8499 3366 8501 3363 8526 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 292038 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 437 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAC045-292100- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050829T2100Z/ CARROLL- 437 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CARROLL COUNTY... AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THE ROTATION WITH THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARROLLTON...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE ROTATION HAS WEAKENED BUT IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A BRIEF TORNADO. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BURWELL AND MOUNT ZION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3339 8519 3340 8499 3366 8501 3363 8526 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 18 min |
| Aug 29, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Rockdale | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett | 38 min |
| Aug 29, 5:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Polk | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Polk | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gordon | 18 min |
| Aug 29, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 43 min |
| Aug 29, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oconee | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pickens | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Taylor | 18 min |
| Aug 29, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Henry | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Upson | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 38 min |
| Aug 29, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Upson | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 7:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 7:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | White | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walton | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Monroe | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 34 min |
| Aug 29, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Peach | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.