Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2006, 3:54 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 25, 2006, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2006, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherokee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:54 PM EDT | TORNADO | Ball Ground, GA | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR BALL GROUND CROSSING INTERSTATE 575. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME. |
| May 25, 4:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Ne Ball Ground, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 251955 TORFFC GAC057-252030- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0034.060525T1954Z-060525T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 354 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 354 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR BALL GROUND...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANTON. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH AND CROSSING HIGHWAY 575 NEAR BALL GROUND. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER RURAL NORTHEAST CHEROKEE COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER OR LARGER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3435 8445 3428 8444 3427 8424 3439 8427 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 252005 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 403 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 GAC057-252030- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-060525T2030Z/ CHEROKEE GA- 403 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 358 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BALL GROUND...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MICA. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3435 8445 3428 8444 3427 8424 3439 8427 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth | 22 min |
| May 25, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 33 min |
| May 25, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 49 min |
| May 25, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 20 min |
| May 25, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 15 min |
| May 25, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 47 min |
| May 25, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 31 min |
| May 25, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 30 min |
| May 25, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 56 min |
| May 25, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 23 min |
| May 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 51 min |
| May 25, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 28 min |
| May 25, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 18 min |
| May 25, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson | 42 min |
| May 25, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 25 min |
| May 25, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 51 min |
| May 25, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 47 min |
| May 25, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 56 min |
| May 25, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 33 min |
| May 25, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 37 min |
| May 25, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 35 min |
| May 25, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 32 min |
| May 25, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 55 min |
| May 25, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 60 min |
| May 25, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| May 25, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 32 min |
| May 25, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 36 min |
| May 25, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 35 min |
| May 25, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 26 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.