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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 2, 2006Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2006, 7:28 PM EST for Wilkinson 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: Jan 2, 2006, 7:28 PM EST (00:28 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2006, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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
Jan 2, 6:58 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 4.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 030028
TORFFC
GAC319-030100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0013.060103T0028Z-060103T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
728 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 723 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR IRWINTON...
  OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF MILLEDGEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TOOMSBORO.

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 1000 PM EST MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM EST TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN 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 3297 8318 3277 8326 3268 8299 3284 8296

$$

TDP

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 030046
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
746 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

GAC319-030100-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060103T0100Z/
WILKINSON GA-
746 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
WILKINSON COUNTY...

AT 740 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO IN A NEW LOCATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST 
SOUTH OF IRWINTON...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF  MILLEDGEVILLE... 
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
TOOMSBORO AND AREAS NORTH OF NICKLESVILLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM EST TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN 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 3287 8324 3277 8326 3271 8301 3284 8296

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 2, 7:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Washington	45 min
Jan 2, 7:44 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington	46 min
Jan 2, 7:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkinson	32 min
Jan 2, 8:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin	30 min
Jan 2, 8:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson	41 min
Jan 2, 8:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	46 min
Jan 2, 10:09 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin and 3 more	5 hr

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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.