Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 80, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2005, 12:11 AM EDT for White County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 30, 2005, 12:11 AM EDT (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2005, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County White County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 12:25 AM EDT | TORNADO | 8 Se Cleveland, GA | F0 TORNADO. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE F0 TORNADO THAT BEGAN ONE MILE SOUTH OF LULA AND TRAVELLED NNW FOR 10 MILES...TERMINATING NEAR MOSSY CREEK IN WHITE COUNTY. OVERALL DAMAGE PATH WAS 10 MILES LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. DAMAGE IN WHITE COUNTY WAS CONFINED M |
| Aug 30, 12:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Helen, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN HELEN TO A CIRCLE K, A MOTEL, AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Aug 30, 12:30 AM EDT | TORNADO | Helen, GA | F2 TORNADO. DAMAGE PATH FROM THREE MILES SSE OF HELEN TO NEAR ANNA RUBY FALLS NORTH OF HELEN. DAMAGE PATH WAS 5 MILES LONG AND 50 TO 300 YARDS WIDE. DOZENS OF TREES AND MANY POWER LINES DOWN IN THE AREA. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES. LARGE PORTIONS OF ROOF |
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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 300412 TORFFC GAC311-300445- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0080.050830T0411Z-050830T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1211 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 1245 AM EDT * AT 1205 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF CLEVELAND...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF CORNELIA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNICOI STATE PARK AND SAUTEE. POSSIBLE TORNADOES WERE REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM IN WALTON...BARROW...AND JACKSON COUNTIES. THIS CONTINUES TO BE A DANGEROUS STORM AND MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY MINUTE. 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. TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. 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 3441 8380 3444 8359 3484 8364 3480 8391 $$ RAB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 300438 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1236 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 GAC311-300445- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-050830T0445Z/ WHITE- 1236 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR WHITE COUNTY... AT 1231 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR HAD STRONG INDICATION OF A TORNADO IN CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY NEAR ROBERTSTOWN...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM CELL AS IT MOVED THROUGH COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH...INCLUDING WALTON...BARROW...JACKSON...AND MOST RECENTLY IN LULA IN HALL COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WILL TRACK VERY CLOSE TO GEORGIA HIGHWAY 75 IN WHITE COUNTY. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3441 8380 3444 8359 3484 8364 3480 8391 $$ RAB
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, 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, 12:42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.