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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 15, 2006Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 2:59 PM EST for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
Nov 15, 2006, 2:59 PM EST (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2006, 3:30 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 15, 3:13 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGColumbus, GAONE TREE AND ONE POWER LINE DOWN IN THE CITY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 15, 1:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2006-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 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 152000
TORFFC
GAC053-215-152030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0038.061115T1959Z-061115T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
259 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 PM EST

* AT 259 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH
  OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      
  MIDLAND...FORT BENNING AND UPATOI.

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 GROUND FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR 
WEST CENTRAL 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 3246 8498 3223 8491 3236 8466 3257 8474
      3258 8498

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 152029
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
327 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006

GAC053-215-152037-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-061115T2030Z/
CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-MUSCOGEE GA-
327 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MUSCOGEE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES WILL 
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 330 PM EST...

AT 327 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 
ONCE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED...BUT REMAINED STRONG. THE 
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UPATOI...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 55 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF MUSCOGEE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE 
COUNTIES BY 345 PM EST. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR 
WEST CENTRAL 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 3246 8498 3223 8491 3236 8466 3257 8474
      3258 8498

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 3:34 AM ESTFlash Flood WatchFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 27 more24 hr
Nov 15, 3:34 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more18 hr
Nov 15, 3:34 AM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more24 hr
Nov 15, 12:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup46 min
Nov 15, 2:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart51 min
Nov 15, 2:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup24 min
Nov 15, 3:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether37 min
Nov 15, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Talbot24 min
Nov 15, 3:47 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCStewart28 min
Nov 15, 4:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart26 min
Nov 15, 4:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion20 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.