Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 97, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2005, 5:53 PM EST for Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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, 5:53 PM EST (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2005, 6:16 PM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 3:51 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 282254 TORFFC GAC283-282330- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0097.051228T2253Z-051228T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 553 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 630 PM EST * AT 549 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LOTHAIR... OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF SOPERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ZAIDEE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY MOMENT. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN 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 3239 8282 3223 8273 3241 8237 3252 8256 $$ TDP
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 282316 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 615 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005 GAC283-282325- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0097.000000T0000Z-051228T2330Z/ TREUTLEN GA- 615 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TREUTLEN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF TREUTLEN COUNTY AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SAW A TORNADO...DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3239 8282 3223 8273 3241 8237 3252 8256 $$
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, 1:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Taylor | 37 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, 5:59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.