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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 28, 2005Chattahoochee County, Marion County, Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2005, 2:28 PM EST for Chattahoochee County, Marion County, Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
Dec 28, 2005, 2:28 PM EST (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Dec 28, 2005, 3:00 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Stewart County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 28, 1:40 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 12:00Z on 2005-12-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 281928
TORFFC
GAC053-197-259-282000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0086.051228T1928Z-051228T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
228 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 300 PM EST

* AT 223 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RENFROE...
  OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT BENNING...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PUTNAM...MANTA...DRANEVILLE AND BUENA VISTA.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER 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 3210 8478 3224 8483 3226 8482 3241 8439
      3233 8439 3230 8442 3226 8440 3221 8443
      3217 8455 3223 8464 3214 8464 3209 8477

$$

TDP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 1:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison20 min
Dec 28, 1:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion31 min
Dec 28, 1:42 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMarion18 min
Dec 28, 1:53 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTaylor37 min
Dec 28, 2:01 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart29 min
Dec 28, 2:17 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Macon, Peach28 min
Dec 28, 2:45 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHouston, Peach, Twiggs30 min
Dec 28, 2:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter, Webster26 min
Dec 28, 2:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly46 min
Dec 28, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Pulaski30 min
Dec 28, 3:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley27 min
Dec 28, 3:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Laurens33 min
Dec 28, 3:14 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCSumter31 min
Dec 28, 3:16 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski29 min
Dec 28, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson24 min
Dec 28, 3:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones, Monroe34 min
Dec 28, 3:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter27 min
Dec 28, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs, Wilkinson50 min
Dec 28, 3:42 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Pulaski33 min
Dec 28, 3:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington46 min
Dec 28, 3:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Newton27 min
Dec 28, 3:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones, Monroe37 min
Dec 28, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Wilcox30 min
Dec 28, 4:10 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Pulaski35 min
Dec 28, 4:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens34 min
Dec 28, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup31 min
Dec 28, 4:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart24 min
Dec 28, 4:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Pulaski34 min
Dec 28, 4:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox33 min
Dec 28, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot32 min
Dec 28, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington, Wilkinson31 min
Dec 28, 4:31 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJefferson, Johnson29 min
Dec 28, 4:38 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCLaurens37 min
Dec 28, 4:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson35 min
Dec 28, 4:41 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Pulaski, Wilcox34 min
Dec 28, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup45 min
Dec 28, 4:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington33 min
Dec 28, 5:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen34 min
Dec 28, 5:13 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Laurens47 min
Dec 28, 5:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson16 min
Dec 28, 5:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel30 min
Dec 28, 5:53 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTreutlen23 min
Dec 28, 5:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones31 min
Dec 28, 6:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel26 min
Dec 28, 6:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson34 min
Dec 28, 6:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin28 min
Dec 28, 6:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor31 min
Dec 28, 6:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington48 min
Dec 28, 6:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPickens51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.