Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 119, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2009, 7:21 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 5, 2009, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 052321 TORFFC GAC303-060000- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0119.090505T2321Z-090506T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 721 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TENNILLE...RIDDLEVILLE...DAVISBORO AND HARRISON. 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS THUNDERSTORM LIKELY CONTAINS VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS. TAKE COVER NOW 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 3281 8271 3297 8299 3315 8286 3301 8256 TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 297DEG 16KT 3302 8287 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 052333 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 733 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009 GAC303-060000- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0119.000000T0000Z-090506T0000Z/ WASHINGTON GA- 733 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SANDERSVILLE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TENNILLE...RIDDLEVILLE...DAVISBORO AND HARRISON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. && LAT...LON 3281 8271 3297 8299 3315 8286 3301 8256 TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 297DEG 16KT 3300 8283 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 052345 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 745 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009 GAC303-060000- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0119.000000T0000Z-090506T0000Z/ WASHINGTON GA- 745 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 744 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SANDERSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIDDLEVILLE...DAVISBORO AND HARRISON. 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 3281 8271 3297 8299 3315 8286 3301 8256 TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 299DEG 15KT 3297 8278 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 39 min |
| May 5, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 45 min |
| May 5, 3:31 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin and 6 more | 27 hr |
| May 5, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 53 min |
| May 5, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington | 41 min |
| May 5, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 42 min |
| May 5, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 51 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.