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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 8, 2006Gordon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2006, 2:45 AM EDT for Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 15 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
Apr 8, 2006, 2:45 AM EDT (06:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2006, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gordon County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 9:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2006-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 401 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2006-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 080645
TORFFC
GAC129-080700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0018.060408T0645Z-060408T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
245 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT

* AT 243 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  FAIRMOUNT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF CALHOUN...MOVING EAST AT 55
  MPH.

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

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
LARGE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN 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 3455 8480 3442 8479 3443 8467 3456 8465

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade45 min
Apr 8, 12:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker37 min
Apr 8, 1:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker37 min
Apr 8, 1:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield47 min
Apr 8, 1:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield32 min
Apr 8, 2:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer34 min
Apr 8, 2:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon37 min
Apr 8, 2:48 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens27 min
Apr 8, 3:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk33 min
Apr 8, 3:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Lumpkin, Union31 min
Apr 8, 3:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow43 min
Apr 8, 3:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson35 min
Apr 8, 3:28 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCPaulding, Polk32 min
Apr 8, 3:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton47 min
Apr 8, 3:49 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee26 min
Apr 8, 4:03 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb, Fulton27 min
Apr 8, 4:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Pickens24 min
Apr 8, 4:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett45 min
Apr 8, 4:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall, Lumpkin39 min
Apr 8, 4:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Jackson51 min
Apr 8, 4:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton33 min
Apr 8, 9:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHarris3 hr
Apr 8, 11:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMuscogee3 hr
Apr 8, 12:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Webster34 min
Apr 8, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Macon, Sumter31 min
Apr 8, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski, Wilcox26 min
Apr 8, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge36 min
Apr 8, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Telfair29 min
Apr 8, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWheeler24 min
Apr 8, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery27 min
Apr 8, 2:47 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler28 min
Apr 8, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs24 min
Apr 8, 2:58 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCToombs32 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.