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Tornado Warning 117, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2009, 2:26 PM EDT for Glascock County, Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 4, 2009, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2009, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 041826 TORFFC GAC125-163-303-041915- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0117.090504T1826Z-090504T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 226 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL GLASCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDGEHILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOWNS...GRANGE AND STAPLETONS CROSSROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 3322 8256 3305 8247 3298 8278 3305 8282 TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 242DEG 22KT 3302 8278 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 041844 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 244 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009 GAC125-163-303-041915- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0117.000000T0000Z-090504T1915Z/ WASHINGTON GA-JEFFERSON GA-GLASCOCK GA- 244 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GLASCOCK...WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DOWNS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRANGE...EDGEHILL AND STAPLETONS CROSSROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3303 8267 3311 8273 3322 8256 3307 8248 TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 242DEG 20KT 3307 8267 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 041907 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 307 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009 GAC125-163-303-041916- /O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0117.000000T0000Z-090504T1915Z/ WASHINGTON GA-JEFFERSON GA-GLASCOCK GA- 307 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GLASCOCK...WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT... THE ROTATION IN THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND HAS MOVED INTO NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO HAS DIMINISHED. IF YOU SAW 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3303 8267 3311 8273 3322 8256 3307 8248 TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 242DEG 20KT 3312 8255 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 10:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 49 hr |
| May 4, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Wilkinson | 42 min |
| May 4, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Washington | 25 min |
| May 4, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 22 min |
| May 4, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 19 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.