Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 5:18 PM EDT for Morgan County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morgan County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 292117 TORFFC GAC211-292145- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0038.050829T2118Z-050829T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 518 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PENNINGTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUTLEDGE...HARD LABOR CREEK STATE PARK...GODFREY AND CENTENNIAL. 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 3344 8367 3343 8342 3374 8342 3373 8366 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 292123 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 523 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAC211-292145- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050829T2145Z/ MORGAN- 523 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY... AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PENNINGTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTENNIAL...RUTLEDGE AND APALACHEE. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3349 8364 3347 8342 3374 8342 3373 8366 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 37 min |
| 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, 5:30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.