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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 25, 2006Cherokee County, Georgia

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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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
May 25, 3:54 PM EDTTORNADOBall Ground, GANUMEROUS REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR BALL GROUND CROSSING INTERSTATE 575. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
May 25, 4:00 PM EDTHAIL 0.753 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2006-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2006-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth22 min
May 25, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall33 min
May 25, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Murray49 min
May 25, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite20 min
May 25, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall15 min
May 25, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer47 min
May 25, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon31 min
May 25, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin30 min
May 25, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPickens56 min
May 25, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison23 min
May 25, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin51 min
May 25, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee28 min
May 25, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison18 min
May 25, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson42 min
May 25, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow25 min
May 25, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth51 min
May 25, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb47 min
May 25, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall56 min
May 25, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee33 min
May 25, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton37 min
May 25, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee35 min
May 25, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth32 min
May 25, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett55 min
May 25, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton60 min
May 25, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett35 min
May 25, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb32 min
May 25, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton36 min
May 25, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton35 min
May 25, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale26 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.