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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:13 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Columbus, GA | ONE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 1:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 27 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:34 AM EST | High Wind Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:34 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart | 51 min |
| Nov 15, 2:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 24 min |
| Nov 15, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether | 37 min |
| Nov 15, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot | 24 min |
| Nov 15, 3:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart | 28 min |
| Nov 15, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 20 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.