Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 59, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 7:09 PM EDT for Crawford County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crawford County, GA, Peach County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fort Valley, GA | *** 1 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND DOWNED TREES ON NORTH SIDE OF FORT VALLEY. UNKNOWN NUMBER OF MINOR INJURIES ALSO REPORTED. |
| Aug 29, 7:10 PM EDT | TORNADO | Fort Valley, GA | *** 1 INJ *** F2 TORNADO. DAMAGE PATH FROM FORT VALLEY ACROSS GEORGIA HIGHWAY 49 TO ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF FORT VALLEY. DAMAGE PATH 4 MILES LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND TREES DOWN ON SEVERAL HOMES. SEVERAL TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE |
| Aug 29, 7:10 PM EDT | TORNADO | Fort Valley, GA | F2/ ONE INJURED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND DOWN TREES ON SEVERAL HOUSES. SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE AREA. THIS ONE TOUCHED DOWN IN FORT VALLEY AND TRAVELED NORTH ACROSS HIGHWAY 49 TO A POINT ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF FORT VALLEY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 11:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 292309 TORFFC GAC079-225-292345- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0059.050829T2309Z-050829T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 709 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FORT VALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POWERSVILLE AND BYRON. 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 3249 8400 3245 8380 3269 8371 3279 8398 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 292325 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 724 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAC079-225-292345- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050829T2345Z/ PEACH-CRAWFORD- 724 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD AND NORTH CENTRAL PEACH COUNTIES... AT 721 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN HIGHWAY 42 AND TARA MILL ROAD IN PEACH COUNTY. THIS TORNADO HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...NEAR FORT VALLEY...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3255 8395 3260 8379 3269 8377 3279 8398 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 292338 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 736 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAC225-292346- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050829T2345Z/ PEACH- 736 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PEACH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT TRIGGERED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY. LAT...LON 3269 8393 3266 8381 3271 8376 3285 8396 $$ GAC079-292345- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050829T2345Z/ CRAWFORD- 736 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY... AT 732 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR FORT VALLEY. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF FORT VALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3269 8393 3266 8381 3271 8376 3285 8396 $$
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, 5:18 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, 7:13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.