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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 20, 2006, 9:28 PM EST for Chattahoochee County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- Mar 20, 2006, 9:28 PM EST (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2006, 9:57 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chattahoochee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 9:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Wsw Cusseta, GA | TREES DOWN. |
| Mar 20, 9:40 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Cusseta, GA | |
| Mar 20, 9:50 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Cusseta, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 7:03 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 520 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 739 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 210228 TORFFC GAC053-210315- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0016.060321T0228Z-060321T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 928 PM EST MON MAR 20 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1015 PM EST * AT 925 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF CUSSETA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT BENNING...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JAMESTOWN. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU SEE A TORNADO...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 3238 8493 3223 8492 3223 8473 3251 8469 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 210240 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 939 PM EST MON MAR 20 2006 GAC053-210315- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060321T0315Z/ CHATTAHOOCHEE GA- 939 PM EST MON MAR 20 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EST FOR CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY... AT 938 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CUSSETA... OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF FORT BENNING...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MANTA. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 80 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SEEK SHELTER NOW IF YOU SEE A TORNADO...WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3238 8493 3223 8492 3223 8473 3251 8469 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 210257 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 955 PM EST MON MAR 20 2006 GAC053-210305- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060321T0315Z/ CHATTAHOOCHEE GA- 955 PM EST MON MAR 20 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 PM BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. IF YOU SAW AN TORNADO...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 3238 8493 3223 8492 3223 8473 3251 8469 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 8:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 55 min |
| Mar 20, 8:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 57 min |
| Mar 20, 9:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 53 min |
| Mar 20, 9:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 20, 10:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley, Taylor | 24 min |
| Mar 20, 10:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 17 min |
| Mar 20, 10:44 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 4 hr |
| Mar 21, 1:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 21 min |
| Mar 21, 2:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 37 min |
| Mar 21, 3:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 18 min |
| Mar 21, 3:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Harris | 4 hr |
| Mar 21, 6:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Jones | 86 min |
| Mar 21, 8:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Jones | 3 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.