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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2006, 8:29 PM EST for Emanuel County, Johnson County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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, 8:29 PM EST (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Johnson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 8:30 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | Kite, GA | |
| Jan 2, 8:40 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 S Summertown, GA | F1 TORNADO WITH A PATH OF 12 MILES LONG AND A QUARTER OF A MILE WIDE. |
| Jan 2, 8:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Kite, GA | STATE PATROL REPORTED TREES DOWN. |
| Jan 2, 8:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Summertown, GA | STATE PATROL REPORTED TREES DOWN ON US HWY. 1 |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 030128 TORFFC GAC107-167-030215- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0015.060103T0129Z-060103T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 829 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 915 PM EST * AT 823 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUNDALE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWAINSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MODOC AND GEORGE L. SMITH STATE PARK. 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 3279 8255 3261 8258 3246 8209 3273 8205 $$ TDP
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 030200 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 859 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 GAC107-167-030215- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060103T0215Z/ JOHNSON GA-EMANUEL GA- 859 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR NORTHERN EMANUEL AND EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES... AT 855 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MODOC...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SWAINSBORO... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CANOOCHEE...TWIN CITY...GEORGE L. SMITH STATE PARK AND GARFIELD. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3279 8255 3261 8258 3246 8209 3273 8205 $$ TDP
000 WWUS52 KFFC 030201 CCA SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 859 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 GAC107-167-030215- /O.COR.KFFC.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060103T0215Z/ JOHNSON GA-EMANUEL GA- 859 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR NORTHERN EMANUEL AND EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES... AT 855 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MODOC...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SWAINSBORO... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CANOOCHEE...TWIN CITY...GEORGE L. SMITH STATE PARK AND GARFIELD. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED 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 3279 8255 3261 8258 3246 8209 3273 8205 $$ TDP
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, 7:44 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, 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.