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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 10:20 PM EDT for Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2005, 10:20 PM EDT (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 10:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Walton County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 10:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Social Circle, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOCIAL CIRCLE. 7 TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Aug 29, 10:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | Social Circle, GA | FO TORNADO. ABOUT TWO DOZEN TREES KNOCKED DOWN IN THE AREA...SOME OF WHICH FELL ON CARS AND HOMES. DAMAGE PATH 1/4 MILE LONG AND ABOUT 50 YARDS WIDE. |
| Aug 29, 10:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | Social Circle, GA | FO TORNADO OCCURRED IN SOCIAL CIRCLE IN SOUTHERN WALTON COUNTY. AT LEAST TWO DOZEN TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN. SOME FELL ON HOUSES AND CARS. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS 1/4 MILE LONG AND THE WIDTH WAS ABOUT 50 YARDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 2.3 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.
- 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 300220 TORFFC GAC297-300245- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0076.050830T0220Z-050830T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1020 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1045 PM EDT * AT 1017 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SOCIAL CIRCLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PANNELL AND MONROE. TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. 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 3365 8383 3364 8365 3388 8362 3386 8388 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 300252 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1050 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAC297-300300- /O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-050830T0245Z/ WALTON- 1050 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WALTON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1045 PM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. WALTON COUNTY 911 REPORTED TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN SOCIAL CIRCLE AROUND 1025 PM. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3365 8383 3364 8365 3388 8362 3386 8388 $$
The 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, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, Jackson | 45 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.