Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 111, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2009, 8:16 PM EDT for Bartow County, Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
- May 1, 2009, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2009, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 020016
TORFFC
GAC015-115-020100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0111.090502T0016Z-090502T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
816 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
EAST CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 813 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SHANNON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE ALSO REPORTED
FUNNEL CLOUDS NORTH OF ROME. PERSONS EAST OF ROME AND NEAR KINGSTON
SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KINGSTON...EUHARLEE...CASSVILLE...WHITE...CARTERSVILLE AND EMERSON.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3428 8466 3409 8477 3410 8492 3426 8520
3441 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 299DEG 28KT 3431 8510
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 020036
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
836 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2009
GAC115-020045-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0111.000000T0000Z-090502T0100Z/
FLOYD GA-
836 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3422 8502 3436 8494 3428 8466 3409 8477
3410 8492 3417 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 295DEG 25KT 3426 8494
$$
GAC015-020100-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0111.000000T0000Z-090502T0100Z/
BARTOW GA-
836 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR BARTOW
COUNTY...
AT 834 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SPOTTERS AND THE PUBLIC CONTINUE TO REPORT
FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM. PERSOSN IN THE CARTERSVILLE AREA
SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EUHARLEE...CASSVILLE...STILESBORO...WHITE...CARTERSVILLE AND EMERSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 3422 8502 3436 8494 3428 8466 3409 8477
3410 8492 3417 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 295DEG 25KT 3426 8494
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 020056
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
856 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2009
GAC015-020105-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0111.000000T0000Z-090502T0100Z/
BARTOW GA-
856 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BARTOW COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900 PM EDT...
THE ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED
TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. STRONG WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 PM IN EASTERN BARTOW COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3422 8502 3436 8494 3428 8466 3409 8477
3410 8492 3417 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 295DEG 25KT 3420 8479
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 62 min |
| May 1, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens and 1 more | 56 min |
| May 1, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb | 28 min |
| May 2, 2:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 47 hr |
| May 2, 4:04 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer and 6 more | 36 hr |
| May 2, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 40 min |
| May 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 45 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.