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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2009, 5:59 PM EST for Gwinnett County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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
- Feb 18, 2009, 5:59 PM EST (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2009, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gwinnett County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 6:00 PM EST | HAIL 3 | Loganville, GA | |
| Feb 18, 6:03 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Sw Snellville, GA | |
| Feb 18, 6:20 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Between, GA | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED. |
| Feb 18, 6:26 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Monroe, GA | REPORT OF 1-INCH SIZED HAIL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 605 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 895 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 182259
TORFFC
GAC135-297-182345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0016.090218T2259Z-090218T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
559 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 645 PM EST
* AT 558 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
SNELLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GRAYSON...LOGANVILLE...WALNUT GROVE...BETWEEN...JERSEY AND MONROE.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
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 3387 8360 3367 8364 3373 8390 3378 8397
3376 8401 3377 8406 3393 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 277DEG 43KT 3384 8409
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 182310
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
610 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
GAC135-297-182345-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090218T2345Z/
WALTON GA-GWINNETT GA-
609 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GWINNETT AND WALTON COUNTIES...
AT 607 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SNELLVILLE AND
ROSEBUD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LOGANVILLE...WINDSOR...YOUTH...WALNUT GROVE...BETWEEN...JERSEY...
NICHOLASVILLE...CAMPTON...MONROE...HERNDONVILLE...PANNELL AND MOUNT
VERNON.
A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3387 8360 3367 8364 3373 8390 3376 8393
3378 8397 3379 8405 3390 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 282DEG 44KT 3382 8396
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 182329
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
629 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
GAC135-182338-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090218T2345Z/
GWINNETT GA-
628 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GWINNETT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR MUCH OF GEORGIA.
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 3387 8370 3388 8369 3387 8360 3381 8362
3372 8363 3380 8382 3388 8377 3388 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 280DEG 45KT 3380 8369
$$
GAC297-182345-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090218T2345Z/
WALTON GA-
628 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
WALTON COUNTY...
AT 626 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PANNELL
AND MOUNT VERNON.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MUCH OF GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3387 8370 3388 8369 3387 8360 3381 8362
3372 8363 3380 8382 3388 8377 3388 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 280DEG 45KT 3380 8369
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 52 min |
| Feb 18, 3:52 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 41 min |
| Feb 18, 4:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 4:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 4:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 37 min |
| Feb 18, 5:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 43 min |
| Feb 18, 5:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Taylor | 24 min |
| Feb 18, 5:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 5:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor | 27 min |
| Feb 18, 5:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon, Taylor | 22 min |
| Feb 18, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 54 min |
| Feb 18, 5:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Feb 18, 5:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Spalding | 51 min |
| Feb 18, 6:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Houston, Peach | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 6:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 47 min |
| Feb 18, 6:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 26 min |
| Feb 18, 6:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton | 54 min |
| Feb 18, 6:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 6:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 6:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs | 25 min |
| Feb 18, 6:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 22 min |
| Feb 18, 6:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 55 min |
| Feb 18, 6:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 18 min |
| Feb 18, 6:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 77 min |
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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.