Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 127, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 2, 2009, 2:09 PM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 66 min. 2 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, 2:09 PM EST (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2009, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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, 2:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 12 Nw Washington, GA | BARN WAS BLOWN ACROSS THE FIELD ON CLARK GRESHAM ROAD. |
| Dec 2, 2:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Philomath, GA | ONE TREE DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 021909
TORFFC
GAC133-211-221-237-265-317-022015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0127.091202T1909Z-091202T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
209 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
WILKES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 315 PM EST
* AT 208 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF REYNOLDS PLANTATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GREENSBORO...SILOAM...UNION POINT...WOODVILLE...RAYLE...WASHINGTON
AND TIGNALL.
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 3341 8323 3348 8328 3346 8339 3349 8342
3399 8282 3399 8265 3388 8260 3387 8257
3384 8258 3378 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 231DEG 44KT 3348 8328
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 021940
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
240 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
GAC133-211-237-021949-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0127.000000T0000Z-091202T2015Z/
PUTNAM GA-GREENE GA-MORGAN GA-
240 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN...GREENE AND EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND
THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT
1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3363 8290 3378 8306 3399 8282 3399 8265
3388 8260 3387 8257 3384 8258 3378 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 229DEG 42KT 3376 8293
$$
GAC221-265-317-022015-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0127.000000T0000Z-091202T2015Z/
TALIAFERRO GA-WILKES GA-OGLETHORPE GA-
240 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OGLETHORPE...WILKES AND NORTHWESTERN TALIAFERRO
COUNTIES...
AT 239 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RAYLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CENTERVILLE...CELESTE...WASHINGTON...NEWTOWN...JACKSONS CROSSROADS...
MALLORYSVILLE...TIGNALL...NORMAN...FLORAL HILL...DANBURG AND DELHI.
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 3363 8290 3378 8306 3399 8282 3399 8265
3388 8260 3387 8257 3384 8258 3378 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 229DEG 42KT 3376 8293
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 022012
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
312 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
GAC221-265-317-022022-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0127.000000T0000Z-091202T2015Z/
TALIAFERRO GA-WILKES GA-OGLETHORPE GA-
312 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OGLETHORPE...WILKES AND
NORTHWESTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 315 PM EST...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND
THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT
1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3363 8290 3378 8306 3399 8282 3399 8265
3388 8260 3387 8257 3384 8258 3378 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 229DEG 42KT 3401 8258
$$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, 1:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 31 min |
| 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, 2:19 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.