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Tornado Warning 129, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 2, 2009, 3:07 PM EST for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 15 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
- Dec 2, 2009, 3:07 PM EST (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2009, 3:22 PM EST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Emanuel County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 626 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 022007
TORFFC
GAC107-022045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0129.091202T2007Z-091202T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
307 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 345 PM EST
* AT 307 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
OAK PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STILLMORE.
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 3254 8202 3253 8205 3255 8209 3251 8215
3247 8218 3241 8219 3235 8224 3232 8223
3230 8224 3229 8228 3229 8235 3234 8238
3266 8207 3261 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 219DEG 31KT 3224 8234
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 022022
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
322 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
GAC107-022031-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0129.000000T0000Z-091202T2045Z/
EMANUEL GA-
322 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE ROTATION IN THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
AND IS NO LONGER SUSPECTED TO BE PRODUCING A TORNADO. WINDS GUSTS UP
TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS MOVE
THROUGH.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND
THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT
1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3254 8202 3253 8205 3255 8209 3251 8215
3247 8218 3241 8219 3235 8224 3232 8223
3230 8224 3229 8228 3229 8235 3234 8238
3266 8207 3261 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 219DEG 31KT 3233 8225
$$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, 2:09 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, 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 |
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.