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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 29, 2005Walton County, Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 29, 10:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSocial Circle, GAPOSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOCIAL CIRCLE. 7 TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Aug 29, 10:30 PM EDTTORNADOSocial Circle, GAFO 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 EDTTORNADOSocial Circle, GAFO 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 29, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 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.

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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 8:06 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHenry, Spalding24 min
Aug 29, 8:14 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCForsyth31 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, 10:55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.