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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2005Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 4:37 PM EDT for Harris County, Muscogee 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: Jul 6, 2005, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2005, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 6, 1:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 062037
TORFFC
GAC145-215-062115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0007.050706T2037Z-050706T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
437 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF FORT BENNING...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FORTSON AND CATAULA.

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 WEDNESDAY EVENING 
FOR WEST CENTRAL 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 3233 8522 3226 8503 3270 8472 3282 8513

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 062050
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
450 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

GAC145-215-062115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050706T2115Z/
MUSCOGEE-HARRIS-
450 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR HARRIS AND 
MUSCOGEE COUNTIES...

AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
COLUMBUS...OR ABOUT NEAR PHENIX CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FORTSON...MIDLAND...MULBERRY GROVE...ELLERSLIE...CATAULA AND WAVERLY
HALL.

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 THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING 
FOR WEST CENTRAL 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 3233 8522 3226 8503 3270 8472 3282 8513

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 062108
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
506 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

GAC215-062116-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050706T2115Z/
MUSCOGEE-
506 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MUSCOGEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF MUSCOGEE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE 
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MUSCOGEE COUNTY. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING 
FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...INCLUDING MUSCOGEE COUNTY.

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 3260 8491 3260 8506 3264 8509 3266 8507
      3275 8513 3278 8511 3280 8513 3281 8510
      3270 8472 3258 8481

$$

GAC145-062115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050706T2115Z/
HARRIS-
506 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN HARRIS
COUNTY...

AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORTSON...OR ABOUT
9 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MULBERRY GROVE...WAVERLY HALL...ELLERSLIE AND CATAULA.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING 
FOR WEST CENTRAL 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 3260 8491 3260 8506 3264 8509 3266 8507
      3275 8513 3278 8511 3280 8513 3281 8510
      3270 8472 3258 8481

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 5:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Troup	28 min
Jul 6, 5:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Harris	31 min
Jul 6, 5:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Heard	41 min
Jul 6, 5:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Stewart	15 min
Jul 6, 5:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Meriwether	44 min
Jul 6, 6:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Meriwether	23 min
Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Coweta	31 min
Jul 6, 6:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Harris	22 min
Jul 6, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fayette	46 min
Jul 6, 7:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Fayette	25 min
Jul 6, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fayette	23 min
Jul 6, 7:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Meriwether	18 min
Jul 6, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton	37 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.