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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2009, 8:56 PM EST for Fayette County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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, 8:56 PM EST (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2009, 9:25 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fayette County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 190156
TORFFC
GAC113-255-190245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0033.090219T0156Z-090219T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
856 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 945 PM EST
* AT 853 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BROOKS...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GRIFFIN AND ORCHARD HILL.
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 3333 8415 3332 8415 3330 8410 3329 8409
3324 8413 3318 8413 3318 8421 3319 8423
3319 8436 3321 8443 3319 8449 3323 8451
3327 8449 3332 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 270DEG 38KT 3324 8449
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 190211
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
911 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
GAC113-190221-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-090219T0245Z/
FAYETTE GA-
911 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3332 8436 3333 8418 3333 8416 3330 8410
3329 8409 3324 8413 3319 8413 3318 8414
3318 8422 3319 8423 3319 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 270DEG 38KT 3323 8430
$$
GAC255-190245-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-090219T0245Z/
SPALDING GA-
911 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EST FOR EASTERN
SPALDING COUNTY...
AT 907 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROVER...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EXPERIMENT...GRIFFIN...ORCHARD HILL...TOWALAGA AND WALKER MILL.
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 3332 8436 3333 8418 3333 8416 3330 8410
3329 8409 3324 8413 3319 8413 3318 8414
3318 8422 3319 8423 3319 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 270DEG 38KT 3323 8430
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 190225
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
925 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
GAC255-190236-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-090219T0245Z/
SPALDING GA-
926 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SPALDING COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3332 8436 3333 8418 3333 8416 3330 8410
3329 8409 3324 8413 3319 8413 3318 8414
3318 8422 3319 8423 3319 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 270DEG 38KT 3323 8411
$$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, 7:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 53 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, 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.