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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2009, 6:50 PM EST for Jasper County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 min. 6 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, 6:50 PM EST (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2009, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jasper County, GA, Putnam County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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, 7:00 PM EST | HAIL 1.25 | Monticello, GA | HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED. |
| Feb 18, 7:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Wsw Eatonton, GA | *** 1 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM WILLARD TO EATONTON...ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY. ONE BUSINESS IN EATONTON COMPLETELY DESTROYED. DOZENS OF HOMES DAMAGED. ONE PERSON INJURED FROM DEBRIS. SOME PEOPLE BRIEFLY TRAPPED |
| Feb 18, 7:15 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Eatonton, GA | |
| Feb 18, 7:15 PM EST | TORNADO 1 | 7 Wsw Eatonton, GA | *** 1 INJ *** EF1 - SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM WILLARD TO EATONTON ON A FIVE MILE LONG PATH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 3/4 MILE. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 110 MPH. ONE RESTAURANT COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND TWO OTHER BUILDINGS DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED. AT LEA |
| Feb 18, 7:15 PM EST | TORNADO 2 | 7 Wsw Eatonton, GA | *** 1 INJ *** SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM WILLARD TO EATONTON...ESPECIALLY THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY. ONE RESTAURANT COMPLETELY DESTROYED. SEVERAL HOMES...BOTH MOBILE AND SITE-BUILT HOMES SUSTAINED MODERATE TO MAJOR DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED. AT LE |
| Feb 18, 7:20 PM EST | TORNADO 1 | 4 E Monticello, GA | EF1 - BEGINNING ONE MILE WEST OF SMITHBORO ALONG GEORGIA HIGHWAY 16...ENDING APPROXIMATLY TWO MILES EAST OF SMITHBORO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 100 MPH. PATH LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES AND MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 1/4 MILE. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES ALONG GEORGIA HIG |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 182350
TORFFC
GAC159-237-190045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0023.090218T2350Z-090219T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
650 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 745 PM EST
* AT 644 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF
MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHADY
DALE...EATONTON AND PHOENIX.
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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 3319 8330 3324 8372 3351 8368 3350 8362
3344 8353 3346 8341 3343 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 277DEG 51KT 3337 8390
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 190008
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
708 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
GAC159-237-190045-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090219T0045Z/
PUTNAM GA-JASPER GA-
708 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR EASTERN
JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 707 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTICELLO...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH. PERSONS IN MONTICELLO SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE
NOW HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHADY
DALE...PIEDMONT...CENTRAL GEORGIA EXPERIMENT STATION...WILLARD...
STANFORDVILLE...ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER...EATONTON...WARFIELD...FLAT
ROCK...PHOENIX AND PLANT HARLEE BRANCH.
TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MUCH OF GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3319 8330 3324 8372 3343 8369 3344 8350
3345 8350 3344 8347 3345 8346 3345 8344
3346 8340 3343 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 279DEG 39KT 3331 8367
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 190020
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
720 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
GAC159-237-190045-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090219T0045Z/
PUTNAM GA-JASPER GA-
720 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL JASPER AND WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 716 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF
WILLARD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCK
EAGLE 4-H CENTER...EATONTON...WARFIELD...FLAT ROCK...PLANT HARLEE
BRANCH AND PHOENIX.
TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
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 3330 8329 3319 8330 3328 8365 3343 8359
3344 8350 3344 8347 3345 8346 3346 8340
3343 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 275DEG 39KT 3331 8350
$$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, 5:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 46 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, 6:54 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.