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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 29, 2005Forsyth County, Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 5:13 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 29, 2005, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2005, 5:51 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Forsyth County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 29, 4:25 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2005-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 310 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 2005-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 292113
TORFFC
GAC117-135-292145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0037.050829T2113Z-050829T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
513 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SUWANEE...SUGAR HILL...DULUTH...CUMMING AND BUFORD.

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 3389 8413 3390 8392 3426 8401 3422 8422

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 292151
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
549 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

GAC117-135-292159-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050829T2145Z/
GWINNETT-FORSYTH-
549 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FORSYTH AND GWINNETT COUNTIES EXPIRED
AT 545 PM EDT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AT 30 MPH THROUGH FORSYTH
COUNTY. RADAR INDICATIONS OF A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAVE WEAKENED 
HOWEVER RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT.

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 3389 8413 3390 8392 3426 8401 3422 8422

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll37 min
Aug 29, 4:27 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHarris18 min
Aug 29, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens40 min
Aug 29, 4:40 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGwinnett, Rockdale35 min
Aug 29, 4:49 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHaralson41 min
Aug 29, 5:09 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJasper36 min
Aug 29, 5:09 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJasper36 min
Aug 29, 5:18 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMorgan27 min
Aug 29, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPolk30 min
Aug 29, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPolk30 min
Aug 29, 5:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFloyd39 min
Aug 29, 5:42 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGordon18 min
Aug 29, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMorgan31 min
Aug 29, 6:02 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattooga43 min
Aug 29, 6:15 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFloyd45 min
Aug 29, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee28 min
Aug 29, 6:20 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPickens40 min
Aug 29, 6:24 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson36 min
Aug 29, 6:27 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTaylor18 min
Aug 29, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHenry31 min
Aug 29, 6:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Upson24 min
Aug 29, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCLumpkin33 min
Aug 29, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJasper33 min
Aug 29, 6:47 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGilmer28 min
Aug 29, 6:48 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattooga27 min
Aug 29, 6:52 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale38 min
Aug 29, 6:54 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson36 min
Aug 29, 6:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFulton3 hr
Aug 29, 7:04 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCNewton26 min
Aug 29, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Upson37 min
Aug 29, 7:09 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Peach36 min
Aug 29, 7:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin6 hr
Aug 29, 7:15 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFannin30 min
Aug 29, 7:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGwinnett26 min
Aug 29, 7:21 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks39 min
Aug 29, 7:24 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWhite36 min
Aug 29, 7:24 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWalton36 min
Aug 29, 7:33 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Monroe57 min
Aug 29, 7:41 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFulton34 min
Aug 29, 7:46 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFannin44 min
Aug 29, 7:49 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPeach26 min
Aug 29, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBarrow, Walton33 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.