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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 10, 2006Harris County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2006, 5:26 PM EDT for Harris County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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: May 10, 2006, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harris County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 10, 5:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fortson, GA	FEW TREES DOWNED
May 10, 5:50 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Fortson, 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
May 10, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 102127
TORFFC
GAC145-102200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0028.060510T2126Z-060510T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
526 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  FORTSON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF OPELIKA...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      
  LAKE HARDING AND CATAULA.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL 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 3274 8525 3260 8524 3259 8485 3269 8487

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 102143
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
542 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

GAC145-102200-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060510T2200Z/
HARRIS GA-
542 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTY...

AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORTSON...OR ABOUT
10 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL 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 3274 8525 3260 8525 3259 8485 3269 8487

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 102159
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
559 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

GAC145-102209-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060510T2200Z/
HARRIS GA-
559 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600
PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL 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 3274 8525 3260 8525 3259 8485 3269 8487

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris	49 min
May 10, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Muscogee	46 min
May 10, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	48 min
May 10, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion	29 min
May 10, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Stewart, Webster	28 min
May 10, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Schley, Sumter	48 min
May 10, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Macon	48 min
May 10, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilcox	48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.