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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 10:55 PM EDT for Barrow County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 10:55 PM EDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barrow County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 11:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winder, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO. ROOF BLOWN OFF KFC AND SOME TREES DOWN. |
| Aug 29, 11:05 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Winder, GA | F0 TORNADO. DAMAGE PATH OF 1.5 MILES TO TREES IN FORT YARGO STATE PARK. DAMAGE PATH OF 1.5 MILES AND 100 YARDS WIDE. DAMAGE CONFINED ALMOST ENTIRELY TO FORT YARGO STATE PARK WITH AN ESTIMATED 800-900 TREES BLOWN DOWN. |
| Aug 29, 11:05 PM EDT | TORNADO | Winder, GA | ESTIMATED 800 TO 900 TREES DOWN IN FORT YARGO STATE PARK SOUTH OF WINDER. F0 TORNADO... 1.5 MILES LONG AND ABOUT 100 YARDS WIDE. DAMAGE WAS MOSTLY CONFINED TO THE STATE PARK. |
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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 300256 TORFFC GAC013-300330- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0077.050830T0255Z-050830T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1055 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1130 PM EDT * AT 1050 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATHAM...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONROE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVED THROUGH SOCIAL CIRCLE IN WALTON COUNTY. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDER...RUSSELL AND FORT YARGO STATE PARK. 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 3390 8376 3395 8357 3403 8356 3407 8374 $$ RAB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 300317 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1115 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAC013-300330- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-050830T0330Z/ BARROW- 1115 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR BARROW COUNTY... AT 1105 PM EDT...THE BARROW COUNTY SHERIFF REPORT THAT THE ROOF OF A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT IN WINDER WAS BLOWN OFF WITH SOME TREES DOWN. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3390 8376 3395 8357 3403 8356 3407 8374 $$
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, 10:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walton | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.