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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Oct 11, 2006, 7:11 PM EDT for Cobb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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
- Oct 11, 2006, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2006, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cobb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Mableton, GA | TWO POWERLINES DOWN ON COBB/DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Oct 11, 7:30 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Atlanta, GA | REPORTED ON FULTON INDUSTRIAL. |
| Oct 11, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Atlanta, GA | TREE DOWN ON SIMPSON ROAD. |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 112312 TORFFC GAC067-121-112345- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0037.061011T2311Z-061011T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 711 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SIX FLAGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MABLETON...VININGS...EAST POINT...ATLANTA...TURNER FIELD AND PIEDMONT PARK. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE. 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 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 3386 8464 3368 8467 3365 8435 3385 8433 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 112328
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
727 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006
GAC067-112337-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-061011T2345Z/
COBB GA-
727 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN COBB COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELED.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3367 8438 3367 8446 3368 8448 3369 8463
3378 8453 3384 8444 3386 8444 3385 8434
3383 8435 3366 8435
$$
GAC121-112345-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-061011T2345Z/
FULTON GA-
727 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR FULTON
COUNTY...
AT 726 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURNER
FIELD...PIEDMONT PARK AND GRANT PARK.
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. THIS
STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AS WELL AS WIND
DAMAGE. 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 3367 8438 3367 8446 3368 8448 3369 8463
3378 8453 3384 8444 3386 8444 3385 8434
3383 8435 3366 8435
$$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, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 33 min |
| Oct 11, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 27 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.