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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 16, 2004Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2004, 10:40 AM EDT for Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 4 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
Sep 16, 2004, 10:40 AM EDT (14:40 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2004, 11:15 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stewart County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 16, 11:05 AM EDTTORNADO5 S Richland, GAPOSSIBLE TORNADO.
Sep 16, 11:05 AM EDTTORNADO5 S Richland, GAPOSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF RICHLAND.
Sep 16, 11:06 AM EDTTORNADO5 S Richland, GA2 REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS 5S AND 5W OF RICHLAND.
Sep 16, 11:06 AM EDTTORNADO5 S Richland, GATWO POSSIBLE TORNADOES TOUCHDOWN 5 MILES SOUTH AND 5 WEST OF RICHLAND. DAMAGE AT THIS TIME IS UNKNOWN.

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
Sep 16, 2:10 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2004-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 417 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
424 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 161440
TORATL
GAC259-161515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1040 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT

* AT 1035 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  RICHLAND...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CUTHBERT...MOVING NORTH
  AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WESTVILLE.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
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 3192 8478 3194 8465 3222 8466 3223 8484

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 11:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry27 min
Sep 16, 11:22 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion23 min
Sep 16, 11:30 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee15 min
Sep 16, 11:59 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCStewart16 min
Sep 16, 12:13 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart17 min
Sep 16, 12:16 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMarion29 min
Sep 16, 1:18 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot12 min
Sep 16, 1:45 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson15 min
Sep 16, 1:47 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot13 min
Sep 16, 2:11 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHaralson19 min
Sep 16, 2:26 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClarke, Jackson, Oconee34 min
Sep 16, 2:28 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFloyd, Haralson, Polk32 min
Sep 16, 2:42 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe33 min
Sep 16, 2:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta3 hr
Sep 16, 2:56 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Spalding34 min
Sep 16, 2:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll3 hr
Sep 16, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe31 min
Sep 16, 3:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDouglas, Haralson, Paulding4 hr
Sep 16, 3:14 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe31 min
Sep 16, 3:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot3 hr
Sep 16, 3:35 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPike, Upson25 min
Sep 16, 3:39 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMonroe36 min
Sep 16, 3:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Fulton3 hr
Sep 16, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Upson35 min
Sep 16, 4:00 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Spalding30 min
Sep 16, 4:06 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Fayette24 min
Sep 16, 4:27 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Spalding33 min
Sep 16, 4:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb4 hr
Sep 16, 4:40 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWilkes35 min
Sep 16, 5:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Lamar, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding and 1 more3 hr
Sep 16, 5:09 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Monroe36 min
Sep 16, 5:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton6 hr
Sep 16, 5:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCherokee4 hr
Sep 16, 6:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett6 hr
Sep 16, 6:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCPickens6 hr
Sep 16, 7:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton18 hr
Sep 16, 7:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton6 hr
Sep 16, 7:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton6 hr
Sep 16, 7:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Catoosa, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer and 8 more6 hr

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.