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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 29, 2005Forsyth County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 8:14 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2005, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Forsyth 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1046 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 331 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1046 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
425 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
10.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 300014
TORFFC
GAC117-300045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0072.050830T0014Z-050830T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CUMMING...
  MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MATT...DUCKTOWN...DREW AND COAL MOUNTAIN.

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.

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 3425 8406 3424 8407 3420 8407 3411 8411
      3412 8412 3412 8422 3413 8425 3432 8425
      3433 8405

$$

RAB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 8:06 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHenry, Spalding24 min
Aug 29, 8:17 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMurray19 min
Aug 29, 8:28 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe51 min
Aug 29, 8:30 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHall, Jackson45 min
Aug 29, 10:20 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWalton32 min
Aug 29, 10:55 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBarrow35 min
Aug 29, 11:10 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJackson35 min
Aug 29, 11:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall46 min
Aug 29, 11:33 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHall42 min
Aug 30, 12:11 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCWhite34 min
Aug 30, 12:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCTowns2 hr
Aug 30, 12:50 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCTowns40 min
Aug 30, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs34 min

Nearby

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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.