Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 83, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2005, 1:53 PM EST for Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
- Dec 28, 2005, 1:53 PM EST (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2005, 2:30 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2:00 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Rupert, GA | GA FORESTRY REPORTED QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL BETWEEN RUPERT AND POTTERSVILLE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 1:40 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 281853 TORFFC GAC269-281930- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0083.051228T1853Z-051228T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 153 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 230 PM EST * AT 147 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUTLER...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMERICUS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REYNOLDS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING 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 3251 8445 3238 8435 3252 8404 3267 8408 $$ TDP
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 281915 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 215 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005 GAC269-281930- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-051228T1930Z/ TAYLOR GA- 215 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EST FOR TAYLOR COUNTY... AT 210 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUPERT...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POTTERVILLE AND REYNOLDS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3251 8445 3238 8435 3247 8403 3267 8408 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 1:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 20 min |
| Dec 28, 1:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 1:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 18 min |
| Dec 28, 2:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 29 min |
| Dec 28, 2:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Peach | 28 min |
| Dec 28, 2:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart | 32 min |
| Dec 28, 2:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 2:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter, Webster | 26 min |
| Dec 28, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley | 27 min |
| Dec 28, 3:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 3:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Sumter | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 3:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 29 min |
| Dec 28, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 24 min |
| Dec 28, 3:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 34 min |
| Dec 28, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 27 min |
| Dec 28, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Dec 28, 3:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 27 min |
| Dec 28, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 37 min |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 4:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski | 35 min |
| Dec 28, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 34 min |
| Dec 28, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 24 min |
| Dec 28, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Dec 28, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 32 min |
| Dec 28, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 4:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson | 29 min |
| Dec 28, 4:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 37 min |
| Dec 28, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 35 min |
| Dec 28, 4:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 34 min |
| Dec 28, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 45 min |
| Dec 28, 4:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 34 min |
| Dec 28, 5:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 47 min |
| Dec 28, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 16 min |
| Dec 28, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 23 min |
| Dec 28, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 6:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 26 min |
| Dec 28, 6:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Dec 28, 6:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 28 min |
| Dec 28, 6:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 48 min |
| Dec 28, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 51 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.