Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2006, 6:21 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 14, 2006, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:21 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Ne Davisboro, GA | |
| May 14, 6:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Louisville, 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 14, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 142221 TORFFC GAC163-142300- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0033.060514T2221Z-060514T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 621 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN 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 3309 8265 3290 8256 3285 8230 3309 8228 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 142229 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 628 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 GAC163-142300- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060514T2300Z/ JEFFERSON GA- 628 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3309 8265 3290 8256 3285 8230 3309 8228 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 142245 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 644 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 GAC163-142300- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060514T2300Z/ JEFFERSON GA- 644 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOUISVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN 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 3309 8265 3290 8256 3285 8230 3309 8228 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 45 min |
| May 13, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 29 min |
| May 13, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 26 min |
| May 13, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 30 min |
| May 13, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 23 min |
| May 13, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 38 min |
| May 13, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns | 26 min |
| May 13, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 36 min |
| May 13, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 32 min |
| May 13, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 49 min |
| May 13, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 31 min |
| May 13, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 29 min |
| May 13, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 51 min |
| May 13, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 46 min |
| May 13, 11:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Webster | 28 min |
| May 13, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 37 min |
| May 14, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 37 min |
| May 14, 4:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 18 min |
| May 14, 4:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 15 min |
| May 14, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 16 min |
| May 14, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 27 min |
| May 14, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 26 min |
| May 14, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Washington | 22 min |
| May 14, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 14, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 35 min |
| May 14, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Washington | 23 min |
| May 14, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 30 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.