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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 19, 2006Harris County, Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2006, 5:19 PM EDT for Harris County, Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harris County, GA, Talbot County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 5:45 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Waverly Hall, GA
Apr 19, 6:05 PM EDTHAIL 1.753 S Waverly Hall, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 19, 3:54 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 12:00Z on 2006-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 373 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 12:00Z on 2006-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 192120
TORFFC
GAC145-263-192200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0027.060419T2119Z-060419T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
519 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR F.D
  ROOSEVELT STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF MANCHESTER...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
  BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WAVERLY HALL AND TALBOTTON.

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 3283 8456 3286 8484 3258 8474 3256 8441
      3264 8436

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 192137
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
535 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAC145-263-192200-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-060419T2200Z/
HARRIS GA-TALBOT GA-
535 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR TALBOT 
AND HARRIS COUNTIES...

AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO LOCATED NEAR F.D ROOSEVELT STATE 
PARK...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF MANCHESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 
MPH.  THE PATH OF THIS STORM WILL TAKE THE ROTATION NEAR WAVERLY 
HALL.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FLINT
HILL...WOODLAND...WAVERLY HALL...TALBOTTON...JUNCTION CITY AND
GENEVA.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL.

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 3283 8456 3286 8484 3258 8474 3256 8441
      3264 8436

$$
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 192145
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
544 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAC145-263-192200-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-060419T2200Z/
HARRIS GA-TALBOT GA-
544 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR TALBOT
AND HARRIS COUNTIES...

AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WAVERLY HALL...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANCHESTER...MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ELLERSLIE...TALBOTTON AND JUNCTION CITY.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL.

ANOTHER SEVERE STORM IS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY NEAR 
WEST POINT.  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL 
ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF HARRIS COUNTY.

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 3283 8456 3287 8518 3265 8508 3256 8441
      3264 8436

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 9:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield34 min
Apr 19, 10:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker58 min
Apr 19, 10:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield38 min
Apr 19, 10:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens50 min
Apr 19, 10:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker33 min
Apr 19, 11:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd49 min
Apr 19, 11:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon46 min
Apr 19, 12:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker46 min
Apr 19, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding62 min
Apr 19, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk23 min
Apr 19, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon60 min
Apr 19, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Douglas, Fulton26 min
Apr 19, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow45 min
Apr 19, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding41 min
Apr 19, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk31 min
Apr 19, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson48 min
Apr 19, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta42 min
Apr 19, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard52 min
Apr 19, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta37 min
Apr 19, 4:26 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTroup34 min
Apr 19, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether33 min
Apr 19, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard36 min
Apr 19, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup33 min
Apr 19, 4:58 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether47 min
Apr 19, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup34 min
Apr 19, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot44 min
Apr 19, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion44 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.