Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 2009, 5:23 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2009, 5:23 PM EST (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2009, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 062223
SVRFFC
GAC015-129-213-295-313-062315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0003.090106T2223Z-090106T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
523 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 615 PM EST
* AT 519 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9
MILES WEST OF TILTON TO 8 MILES WEST OF OOSTANAULA TO 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OOSTANAULA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DALTON...CALHOUN...NICKELSVILLE...CHATSWORTH...AUDUBON...
ADAIRSVILLE...REDBUD...RAMHURST...FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...
FOLSOM...OAKMAN...FUNKHOUSER AND FAIRMOUNT.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THESE STORMS. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL 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 3490 8462 3484 8462 3481 8459 3477 8464
3473 8465 3440 8465 3425 8502 3434 8502
3435 8500 3439 8500 3442 8511 3451 8509
3454 8507 3458 8508 3459 8518 3474 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 250DEG 38KT 3469 8504 3450 8511
3429 8523
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 062247
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
547 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009
GAC295-062257-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090106T2315Z/
WALKER GA-
547 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED WALKER COUNTY.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER
THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3490 8462 3484 8462 3481 8459 3477 8464
3473 8465 3440 8465 3426 8501 3434 8502
3435 8500 3439 8500 3442 8508 3480 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 250DEG 38KT 3478 8475 3459 8482
3438 8494
$$
GAC015-129-213-313-062315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090106T2315Z/
BARTOW GA-GORDON GA-WHITFIELD GA-MURRAY GA-
547 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST
FOR MURRAY...SOUTHEASTERN WHITFIELD...GORDON AND NORTHERN BARTOW
COUNTIES...
AT 545 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM CHATSWORTH TO AUDUBON TO ADAIRSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ETON...
REDBUD...RAMHURST...FARMVILLE...FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...FOLSOM...
SONORAVILLE...OAKMAN...CARTERS...RANGER...FUNKHOUSER AND FAIRMOUNT.
WEAK...SHORT LIVED TORNADOES CAN SOMETIMES DEVELOP ALONG THE LEADING
EDGE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LINES LIKE THIS ONE. HOWEVER...THE MAIN
THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDIOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE 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 3490 8462 3484 8462 3481 8459 3477 8464
3473 8465 3440 8465 3426 8501 3434 8502
3435 8500 3439 8500 3442 8508 3480 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 250DEG 38KT 3478 8475 3459 8482
3438 8494
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 062302
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
602 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009
GAC313-062312-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090106T2315Z/
WHITFIELD GA-
602 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITFIELD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED WHITFIELD COUNTY.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING... CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3490 8462 3484 8462 3481 8459 3477 8464
3473 8465 3440 8465 3426 8501 3433 8502
3445 8490 3481 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 250DEG 38KT 3482 8456 3463 8463
3442 8476
$$
GAC015-129-213-062315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090106T2315Z/
BARTOW GA-GORDON GA-MURRAY GA-
602 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MURRAY...EASTERN GORDON AND NORTHERN BARTOW
COUNTIES...
AT 558 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK TO CARTERS TO
FOLSOM...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FUNKHOUSER AND FAIRMOUNT.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE 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 3490 8462 3484 8462 3481 8459 3477 8464
3473 8465 3440 8465 3426 8501 3433 8502
3445 8490 3481 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 250DEG 38KT 3482 8456 3463 8463
3442 8476
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 6:45 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 24 hr |
| Jan 6, 6:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 57 hr |
| Jan 6, 7:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 15 hr |
| Jan 6, 8:46 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Cherokee, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 6, 9:40 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Dawson, Fannin, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 33 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:20 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 13 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:33 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 47 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:46 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 24 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 45 min |
| Jan 6, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 17 min |
| Jan 6, 3:37 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 15 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 64 min |
| Jan 6, 4:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 50 min |
| Jan 6, 5:33 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 4 days |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.