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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2009, 10:41 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 10:41 PM EST (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2009, 11:09 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Jones County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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 |
| Feb 18, 10:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 190341 TORFFC GAC009-141-169-237-303-190430- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0035.090219T0341Z-090219T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1041 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1130 PM EST * AT 1039 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILLEDGEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FLAT ROCK...MERIWETHER...PLANT HARLEE BRANCH...ALLENWOOD...HARDWICK... UNDERWOOD...DEVEREUX...BEULAH AND LINTON. 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. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN 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 3323 8295 3303 8298 3309 8347 3325 8345 TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 273DEG 45KT 3315 8339 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 190352
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1052 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
GAC169-190402-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-090219T0430Z/
JONES GA-
1052 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3303 8298 3303 8307 3304 8307 3304 8311
3305 8312 3305 8314 3308 8332 3324 8329
3324 8313 3322 8295
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 279DEG 46KT 3315 8319
$$
GAC009-141-237-303-190430-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-090219T0430Z/
BALDWIN GA-WASHINGTON GA-HANCOCK GA-PUTNAM GA-
1052 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM...SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK...WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON
AND NORTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTIES...
AT 1048 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
MILLEDGEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
UNDERWOOD...DEVEREUX...BEULAH AND LINTON.
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 FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN 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 3303 8298 3303 8307 3304 8307 3304 8311
3305 8312 3305 8314 3308 8332 3324 8329
3324 8313 3322 8295
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 279DEG 46KT 3315 8319
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 190409
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1109 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
GAC009-141-237-303-190419-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-090219T0430Z/
BALDWIN GA-WASHINGTON GA-HANCOCK GA-PUTNAM GA-
1109 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM...SOUTHWESTERN
HANCOCK...WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SUSPECTED TO BE
PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60
MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3303 8298 3303 8307 3304 8307 3304 8311
3305 8312 3305 8314 3308 8332 3324 8329
3324 8313 3322 8295
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 279DEG 46KT 3311 8293
$$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, 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, 10:46 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.