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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Oct 11, 2006, 6:27 PM EDT for Carroll County, Haralson County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 11, 2006, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 6:40 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 N Villa Rica, GA | ALSO...ROTATING WALL CLOUD REPORTED BY SPOTTER JUST WEST OF VILLA RICA APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 112227 TORFFC GAC045-143-223-112300- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0035.061011T2227Z-061011T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 627 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 623 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DRAKETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VILLA RICA. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF WALL CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED 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 3392 8513 3369 8513 3367 8484 3391 8486 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 112244 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 642 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006 GAC143-112252- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-061011T2300Z/ HARALSON GA- 642 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HARALSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...AND THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3393 8503 3370 8505 3367 8484 3391 8486 $$ GAC045-223-112300- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-061011T2300Z/ CARROLL GA-PAULDING GA- 642 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PAULDING AND CARROLL COUNTIES... AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW GEORGIA... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BROWNSVILLE...VILLA RICA...AND LOCATIONS ALONG GEORGIA HIGHWAYS 61 AND 92. AT 640 PM...A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WAS REPORTED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF VILLA RICA. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY 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 3393 8503 3370 8505 3367 8484 3391 8486 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 33 min |
| Oct 11, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 27 min |
| Oct 11, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 34 min |
| Oct 11, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.