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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2009, 7:22 PM EST for Greene County, Hancock County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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
- Feb 18, 2009, 7:22 PM EST (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2009, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Putnam County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 190022 TORFFC GAC133-141-237-190115- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0025.090219T0022Z-090219T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 722 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 815 PM EST * AT 721 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHOENIX...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REYNOLDS PLANTATION AND SPARTA. 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 3340 8283 3315 8289 3320 8334 3344 8330 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 277DEG 44KT 3330 8347 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 190036 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 736 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009 GAC133-141-237-190115- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-090219T0115Z/ HANCOCK GA-PUTNAM GA-GREENE GA- 735 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE...EASTERN PUTNAM AND HANCOCK COUNTIES... AT 730 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EATONTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REYNOLDS PLANTATION...ROCKVILLE...OCONEE SPRINGS PARK...LIBERTY... SHOULDERBONE...DEVEREUX...SPARTA AND CULVERTON. TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3340 8283 3315 8289 3320 8334 3344 8330 TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 275DEG 41KT 3330 8329 $$
000
WWUS52 KFFC 190051
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
751 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
GAC133-141-237-190115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-090219T0115Z/
HANCOCK GA-PUTNAM GA-GREENE GA-
750 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR EXTREME
SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE...EAST CENTRAL PUTNAM AND CENTRAL HANCOCK
COUNTIES...
AT 748 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF
SPARTA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPARTA
AND CULVERTON.
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 3334 8284 3334 8285 3333 8285 3322 8288
3315 8289 3325 8327 3342 8321 3340 8283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 277DEG 44KT 3328 8307
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 7:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 7:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton | 21 min |
| Feb 18, 7:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 21 min |
| Feb 18, 7:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 7:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 35 min |
| Feb 18, 7:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 56 min |
| Feb 18, 7:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 8:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 33 min |
| Feb 18, 8:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Spalding | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 8:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 34 min |
| Feb 18, 8:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 8:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 8:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 32 min |
| Feb 18, 8:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 9:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Taylor | 27 min |
| Feb 18, 9:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 31 min |
| Feb 18, 9:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper | 40 min |
| Feb 18, 9:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Lamar, Spalding | 52 min |
| Feb 18, 9:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach, Taylor | 17 min |
| Feb 18, 9:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 52 min |
| Feb 18, 9:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe | 37 min |
| Feb 18, 10:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 36 min |
| Feb 18, 10:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 10:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 10:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Washington | 35 min |
| Feb 18, 10:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Washington | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 10:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 10:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 23 min |
| Feb 18, 11:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington | 45 min |
| Feb 18, 11:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe | 30 min |
| Feb 19, 12:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 28 min |
| Feb 19, 12:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 4 min |
| Feb 19, 2:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.