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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 13, 2006Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2006, 11:32 PM EDT for Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
May 13, 2006, 11:32 PM EDT (03:32 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Webster County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2006-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 181 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 2006-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 140331
TORFFC
GAC307-140400-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0029.060514T0332Z-060514T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1132 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1128 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WESTON...OR
  ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAWSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PRESTON AND DUMAS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY
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 3209 8452 3197 8466 3192 8459 3192 8443

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker45 min
May 13, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray29 min
May 13, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhitfield26 min
May 13, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer30 min
May 13, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield23 min
May 13, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUnion38 min
May 13, 9:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns26 min
May 13, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson36 min
May 13, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe32 min
May 13, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee49 min
May 13, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb31 min
May 13, 10:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot29 min
May 13, 10:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster51 min
May 13, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor46 min
May 13, 11:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon37 min
May 14, 12:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd37 min
May 14, 4:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall, White18 min
May 14, 4:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks15 min
May 14, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper16 min
May 14, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock27 min
May 14, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington26 min
May 14, 4:53 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWashington22 min
May 14, 4:59 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJefferson31 min
May 14, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington35 min
May 14, 6:07 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWashington23 min
May 14, 6:21 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJefferson39 min
May 14, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Pulaski30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.