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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2006, 5:31 PM EST for Butts County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- Jan 2, 2006, 5:31 PM EST (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Butts County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 5:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Orchard Hill, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN. |
| Jan 2, 5:45 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Griffin, GA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:47 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 022231 TORFFC GAC035-255-022300- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0005.060102T2231Z-060102T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 531 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 600 PM EST * AT 527 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GRIFFIN... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOWALAGA...JACKSON...INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK...FLOVILLA AND EXPERIMENT. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN 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 3327 8438 3315 8435 3320 8383 3340 8389 $$ TDP
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 022242 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 542 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 GAC035-255-022300- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060102T2300Z/ SPALDING GA-BUTTS GA- 542 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR BUTTS AND EASTERN SPALDING COUNTIES... AT 540 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ORCHARD HILL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF GRIFFIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JENKINSBURG...JACKSON...WORTHVILLE...INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK AND FLOVILLA. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3327 8438 3315 8435 3320 8383 3340 8389 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 8:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 33 min |
| Jan 2, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 18 min |
| Jan 2, 12:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Taylor | 24 min |
| Jan 2, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 46 min |
| Jan 2, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 49 min |
| Jan 2, 4:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 40 min |
| Jan 2, 4:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 37 min |
| Jan 2, 4:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Pike, Spalding | 37 min |
| Jan 2, 5:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 47 min |
| Jan 2, 5:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 54 min |
| Jan 2, 5:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 5:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 22 min |
| Jan 2, 5:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 5:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar | 23 min |
| Jan 2, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 33 min |
| Jan 2, 5:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 28 min |
| Jan 2, 5:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 39 min |
| Jan 2, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 24 min |
| Jan 2, 6:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 29 min |
| Jan 2, 6:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 21 min |
| Jan 2, 6:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Monroe | 35 min |
| Jan 2, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones | 33 min |
| Jan 2, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 30 min |
| Jan 2, 6:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 40 min |
| Jan 2, 6:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 34 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.