Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 105, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2009, 10:25 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 19, 2009, 10:25 PM EDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2009, 10:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | La Fayette, GA | FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 200225
TORFFC
GAC055-083-295-200330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0105.090420T0225Z-090420T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1025 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTH CENTRAL DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH. A POSSIBLE TORNADO...ALONG WITH DAMAGE...HAS BEEN REPORTED
IN DEKALB COUNTY ALABAMA.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHICKAMAUGA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3490 8527 3485 8527 3484 8520 3477 8520
3477 8516 3476 8515 3472 8516 3472 8510
3471 8509 3452 8552 3474 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 239DEG 29KT 3457 8566
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 200251
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1051 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2009
GAC083-200300-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-090420T0330Z/
DADE GA-
1051 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DADE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3465 8550 3470 8548 3473 8545 3480 8545
3490 8527 3485 8527 3483 8521 3477 8520
3476 8515 3472 8516 3471 8509 3452 8552
3462 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 240DEG 27KT 3468 8537
$$
GAC055-295-200330-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-090420T0330Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-WALKER GA-
1051 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR WALKER
AND NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES...
AT 1050 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR GROVE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE CIRCULATION HAS WEAKENED BUT MAY
STILL PRODUCE A BRIEF TORNADO.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COOPER
HEIGHTS...LINWOOD...LAFAYETTE...NAOMI...NOBLE...CHICKAMAUGA AND ROCK
SPRING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3465 8550 3470 8548 3473 8545 3480 8545
3490 8527 3485 8527 3483 8521 3477 8520
3476 8515 3472 8516 3471 8509 3452 8552
3462 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 240DEG 27KT 3468 8537
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 200253
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1053 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2009
GAC055-083-295-200302-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-090420T0330Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-DADE GA-WALKER GA-
1053 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WALKER...SOUTH CENTRAL DADE AND
NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SUSPECTED TO BE
PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3490 8527 3485 8527 3484 8520 3477 8520
3477 8516 3476 8515 3472 8516 3472 8510
3471 8509 3452 8552 3474 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 239DEG 29KT 3468 8543
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 10:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 11:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 71 min |
| Apr 19, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 11:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 23 min |
| Apr 20, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, White | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 12:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 12:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 3:26 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 55 more | 28 hr |
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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.