Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2006, 7:44 PM EST for Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports 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
- Jan 2, 2006, 7:44 PM EST (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 8:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Kite, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO...MANY TREES DOWN WITH AT LEAST 6 HOUSES AFFECTED AND SEVERAL VEHICLES. SILOS DESTROYED. BARNS DAMAGED. DAMAGE PATH ABOUT 3 MILES LONG. |
| Jan 2, 8:22 PM EST | TORNADO | 5 N Kite, GA | F1 TORNADO WITH A PATH OF 12 MILES LONG AND A QUARTER OF A MILE WIDE. |
| Jan 2, 8:30 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | Kite, GA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 6:58 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 030044 TORFFC GAC167-303-030130- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0014.060103T0044Z-060103T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 744 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 830 PM EST * AT 739 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF DONAVAN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WRIGHTSVILLE. 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 3292 8300 3274 8305 3260 8251 3279 8241 $$ TDP
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 030057 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 756 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 GAC167-303-030130- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-060103T0130Z/ JOHNSON GA-WASHINGTON GA- 756 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND JOHNSON COUNTIES... AT 751 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF DONAVAN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HARRISON...SPANN...WRIGHTSVILLE AND KITE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST TUESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3292 8300 3274 8305 3260 8251 3279 8241 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 030119 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 817 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 GAC303-030127- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-060103T0130Z/ WASHINGTON GA- 817 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. 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 3282 8286 3271 8291 3260 8251 3279 8241 $$ GAC167-030130- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-060103T0130Z/ JOHNSON GA- 817 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR JOHNSON COUNTY... AT 814 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KITE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWAINSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER FAR EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3282 8286 3271 8291 3260 8251 3279 8241 $$
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, 7:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 32 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.