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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 29, 2005Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 7:41 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2005, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fulton 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, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 292342
TORFFC
GAC121-300015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0067.050829T2341Z-050830T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF ALPHARETTA...OR NEAR NORCROSS...MOVING NORTH AT 25
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FAR NORTH AND NORTHEAST PART OF
  FULTON COUNTY.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NO SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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. 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 3396 8430 3406 8434 3418 8435 3419 8433
      3419 8426 3411 8426 3405 8412 3404 8416
      3401 8419 3401 8424 3395 8428

$$

RAB

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, 5:13 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett38 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, 7:46 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.