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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2006, 4:26 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 19, 2006, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 4:30 PM EDT | HAIL 2.75 | Hogansville, GA | |
| Apr 19, 4:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hogansville, GA | HOUSE DAMAGED DUE TO POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| Apr 19, 5:00 PM EDT | HAIL 4.25 | Hogansville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 192027 TORFFC GAC285-192100- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0025.060419T2026Z-060419T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 426 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST NORTH OF HOGANSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HARRISONVILLE. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NO SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN 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 3322 8493 3317 8507 3304 8486 3322 8485 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 192035 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 434 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006 GAC285-192100- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060419T2100Z/ TROUP GA- 434 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY... AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO LOCATED NEAR HOGANSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOUISE AND MOUNTVILLE. IN ADDITION TO A POSSIBLE TORNADO...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND POSSIBLY LARGER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3320 8504 3297 8494 3301 8485 3322 8485 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 192045 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 442 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006 GAC285-192100- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060419T2100Z/ TROUP GA- 442 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR TROUP COUNTY... AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF HOGANSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. TROUP COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN HOGANSVILLE AROUND 435 P.M. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNTVILLE. THE STORM ROTATION HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY BUT IS STILL A DANGEROUS STORM. BASEBALL SIZED HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN 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 3313 8498 3297 8494 3301 8485 3316 8485 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 10:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 58 min |
| Apr 19, 10:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 10:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 11:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 5:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 44 min |
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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.