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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 29, 2005Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 11:33 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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, 11:33 PM EDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2005, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hall County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 30, 12:10 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGLula, GAPOSSIBLE TORNADO IN LULA AREA. 6 MILE PATH OF TREES DOWN. SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED ON HEMLOCK STREET.
Aug 30, 12:10 AM EDTTORNADOLula, GAF0 TORNADO. DAMAGE PATH FROM ONE MILE SOUTH OF LULA TO JUST WEST OF LULA TO NEAR MOSSY CREEK IN WHITE COUNTY...JUST SOUTHEAST OF CLEVELAND. DAMAGE PATH WAS 10 MILES LONG AND ABOUT 50 YARDS WIDE. DOZENS OF TREES WERE BLOWN OVER...SOME ONTO HOMES.

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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 300334
TORFFC
GAC139-300415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0079.050830T0333Z-050830T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1133 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

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1129 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANDLER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  JEFFERSON...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LULA.

THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVED 
THROUGH
WALTON AND BARROW COUNTIES.  DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOCIAL 
CIRCLE
AND WINDER TO STRUCTURES AND TREES. THIS STORM REMAINS STRONG AND MAY
PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY MINUTE.

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 3415 8379 3430 8364 3448 8365 3449 8386

$$

RAB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 300355
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1153 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

GAC139-300415-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-050830T0415Z/
HALL-
1153 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR EASTERN HALL
COUNTY...

AT 1148 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR HAD STRONG INDICATION OF A POSSIBLE 
TORNADO IN EXTREME EASTERN HALL COUNTY NEAR THE BANKS COUNTY 
LINE...OR TWO MILES SOUTHEAST OF LULA. TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED 
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM IN BARROW AND WALTON COUNTIES. THE STORM IS 
MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LULA
AND CLERMONT.

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 THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT 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 3415 8379 3430 8364 3448 8365 3449 8386

$$

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, 8:14 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, 10:20 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 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.