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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 30, 2005Towns County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2005, 12:50 AM EDT for Towns County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2005, 12:50 AM EDT (04:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2005, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Towns County, GA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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°0°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 300452
TORFFC
GAC281-300530-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0081.050830T0450Z-050830T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1250 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TOWNS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT

* AT 1244 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF YOUNG HARRIS...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PRESLEY AND HIAWASSEE.

POSSIBLE TORNADOES WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO TREES HAS 
BEEN REPORTED ACROSS WALTON...BARROW...JACKSON...AND HALL COUNTIES 
WITH THIS SAME THUNDERSTORM CELL AS IT TRACKED THROUGH THESE AREAS 
DURING THE LAST 1 TO 1 HOURS.

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.

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.

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 3475 8379 3480 8357 3524 8369 3519 8396

$$

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 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.