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Tornado Warning 126, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 2, 20094 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 2, 2009, 1:44 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports 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
Dec 2, 2009, 1:44 PM EST (18:44 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 2009, 2:15 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 2, 1:55 PM ESTTORNADO 05 Wnw Eatonton, GAA WEAK TORNADO RATED EF-0 WITH WINDS UP TO 85 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN A FORESTED AREA APPROXIMATELY 4.3 MILES WEST OF EATONTON. THE TORNADO TRAVELED ABOUT 1.5 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS BEFORE LIFTING ABOUT 3.5 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF EATONTON AT 158 PM
Dec 2, 2:05 PM ESTTORNADO 11 Wnw Rudden, GATORNADO RATED EF-1 WITH WINDS TO 90 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR LITTLE RD AND HARMONY RD APPROX 8.2 MILES NNE OF EATONTON. THE TORNADO TRAVELED ENE 1.5 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS BEFORE LIFTING 9 MILES NNE OF EATONTON AT 208 PM. HUNDREDS OF TREES AND SEVER
Dec 2, 2:10 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 E Flat Rock, GASTRAIGHT LINE WINDS ACCELERATED OVER THE NORTHERN END OF LAKE SINCLAIR WITH SPEEDS UP TO 80 MPH CAUSING DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME ON TWISTING HILL DR. A LOOSELY ATTACHED SCREENED PORCH WAS RIPPED OFF THE HOME AND THROWN 20 YARDS. APPROX 20 TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 2, 10:32 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2009-12-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2009-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 743 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
743 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
956 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 021844
TORFFC
GAC009-159-169-237-021915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0126.091202T1844Z-091202T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
144 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTH CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 215 PM EST

* AT 141 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR 
  HILLSBORO OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EATONTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
  55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PHOENIX...STANFORDVILLE...ETHRIDGE...AND MERIWETHER.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3326 8325 3323 8325 3305 8363 3319 8376
      3348 8331 3348 8328 3346 8326 3345 8326
      3339 8322 3340 8318 3334 8314 3331 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 234DEG 47KT 3317 8361

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 021906
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
206 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

GAC009-159-169-021915-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0126.000000T0000Z-091202T1915Z/
JONES GA-BALDWIN GA-JASPER GA-
206 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JASPER...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
BALDWIN AND NORTH CENTRAL JONES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED.

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 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3329 8321 3326 8325 3323 8325 3317 8337
      3319 8341 3318 8354 3334 8353 3348 8331
      3348 8328 3339 8322 3340 8319 3334 8314
      3331 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 229DEG 42KT 3343 8337

$$

GAC237-021915-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0126.000000T0000Z-091202T1915Z/
PUTNAM GA-
206 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR PUTNAM
COUNTY...

AT 204 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCK EAGLE 4-H
CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
ROCKVILLE...HARMONY AND PHOENIX.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3329 8321 3326 8325 3323 8325 3317 8337
      3319 8341 3318 8354 3334 8353 3348 8331
      3348 8328 3339 8322 3340 8319 3334 8314
      3331 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 229DEG 42KT 3343 8337

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 1:23 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin and 7 more21 hr
Dec 2, 11:01 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton42 hr
Dec 2, 11:01 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett20 hr
Dec 2, 11:01 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale36 hr
Dec 2, 11:01 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee4 days
Dec 2, 1:49 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb5 hr
Dec 2, 2:03 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton109 min
Dec 2, 2:09 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro, Wilkes66 min
Dec 2, 2:19 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Douglas27 hr
Dec 2, 2:23 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler58 min
Dec 2, 3:07 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel15 min
Dec 2, 4:14 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCLamar, Spalding2 hr
Dec 2, 5:06 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCrawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson36 hr
Dec 2, 5:34 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs3 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.