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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 7:33 PM EDT for Bibb County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 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, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bibb County, GA, Monroe County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 292333 TORFFC GAC021-207-300030- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0066.050829T2333Z-050830T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 733 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 732 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF LIZELLA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF FORT VALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOLINGBROKE. 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 3285 8393 3273 8380 3299 8371 3321 8391 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 292358 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 758 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAC021-207-300030- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-050830T0030Z/ BIBB-MONROE- 758 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR MONROE AND WESTERN BIBB COUNTIES... AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG ROTATION AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED NEAR LIZELLA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF MACON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOLINGBROKE. LAT...LON 3285 8393 3273 8380 3299 8371 3321 8391 $$
000
WWUS52 KFFC 300012
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
809 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005
GAC021-207-300030-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-050830T0030Z/
BIBB-MONROE-
809 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR MONROE AND BIBB
COUNTIES...
AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STRONG ROTATION LOCATED NEAR BOLINGBROKE...OR ABOUT 11
MILES WEST OF MACON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
ANOTHER STORM WITH ROTATION WILL BE MOVING INTO CENTRAL BIBB COUNTY
BY 815. FAA OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN NEAR BYRON
AT 805 PM IN NORTHERN PEACH COUNTY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ARKWRIGHT AND MACON.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 600 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN 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 3285 8393 3272 8379 3267 8364 3299 8371
3321 8391
$$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, 7:09 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, 7:41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.