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Tornado Warning 126, NWS Atlanta, GA
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 1:55 PM EST | TORNADO 0 | 5 Wnw Eatonton, GA | A 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 EST | TORNADO 1 | 1 Wnw Rudden, GA | TORNADO 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 EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Flat Rock, GA | STRAIGHT 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 10:32 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 1:23 AM EST | High Wind Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin and 7 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 2, 11:01 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 42 hr |
| Dec 2, 11:01 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 20 hr |
| Dec 2, 11:01 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 36 hr |
| Dec 2, 11:01 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 4 days |
| Dec 2, 1:49 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 5 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 109 min |
| Dec 2, 2:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 66 min |
| Dec 2, 2:19 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 27 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 58 min |
| Dec 2, 3:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 15 min |
| Dec 2, 4:14 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 2 hr |
| Dec 2, 5:06 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 36 hr |
| Dec 2, 5:34 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 3 days |
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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.