Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 75, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 8:30 PM EDT for Hall County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hall County, GA, Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 300030
TORFFC
GAC139-157-300115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0075.050830T0030Z-050830T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
830 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 828 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HOSCHTON...
OR NEAR AUBURN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LULA...LAKE LANIER ISLAND...GAINESVILLE...FLOWERY BRANCH AND
CANDLER.
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 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 3437 8367 3432 8363 3406 8366 3408 8376
3413 8381 3410 8385 3418 8406 3420 8398
3428 8392 3435 8397 3440 8397 3451 8379
3450 8367 3443 8362
$$
RAB1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 300110
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
908 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005
GAC157-300118-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-050830T0115Z/
JACKSON-
908 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3437 8367 3432 8363 3414 8382 3408 8376
3413 8381 3410 8385 3418 8406 3420 8398
3428 8392 3435 8397 3440 8397 3451 8379
3450 8367 3443 8362
$$
GAC139-300115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-050830T0115Z/
HALL-
908 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR HALL COUNTY...
AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO ACROSS CENTRAL HALL COUNTY NEAR
GAINESVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MURRAYVILLE...LULA AND CLERMONT.
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 3437 8367 3432 8363 3414 8382 3408 8376
3413 8381 3410 8385 3418 8406 3420 8398
3428 8392 3435 8397 3440 8397 3451 8379
3450 8367 3443 8362
$$
RABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 8:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Murray | 19 min |
| Aug 29, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 51 min |
| Aug 29, 10:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walton | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 10:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 11:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jackson | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 11:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall | 42 min |
| Aug 30, 12:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | White | 34 min |
| Aug 30, 12:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Towns | 40 min |
| Aug 30, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 34 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.