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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2009, 10:13 AM EST for Chattahoochee County, Marion County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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 28, 2009, 10:13 AM EST (15:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2009, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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 28, 10:55 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Buena Vista, GA | A FEW TREES DOWN AT POWER STATION AND DR. DERYL HART ROAD. |
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 28, 8:25 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 524 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 700 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 281513
TORFFC
GAC053-197-281600-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0038.090228T1513Z-090228T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1013 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1100 AM EST
* AT 1012 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CUSSETA...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUENA
VISTA.
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 200 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
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 3226 8479 3235 8478 3244 8441 3242 8438
3231 8439 3231 8441 3229 8440 3223 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1513Z 267DEG 41KT 3231 8476
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 281527
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1027 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
GAC053-197-281600-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-090228T1600Z/
CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-MARION GA-
1027 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
MARION AND EAST CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES...
AT 1025 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ZELLOBEE...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRANTLEY...BUENA VISTA...DOYLE...TAZEWELL...PUTNAM AND CEDAR CREEK.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3226 8479 3235 8478 3244 8441 3242 8438
3231 8439 3231 8441 3229 8440 3223 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 269DEG 35KT 3229 8463
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 281540
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1040 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
GAC053-281549-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-090228T1600Z/
CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
1039 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
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 3228 8461 3237 8462 3244 8441 3242 8440
3242 8438 3231 8439 3231 8441 3223 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 269DEG 35KT 3229 8449
$$
GAC197-281600-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-090228T1600Z/
MARION GA-
1039 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
MARION COUNTY...
AT 1035 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUENA
VISTA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE ROTATION IN THIS STORM HAS
WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY...BUT A BRIEF TORNADO MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DOYLE...TAZEWELL...PUTNAM AND CEDAR CREEK.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3228 8461 3237 8462 3244 8441 3242 8440
3242 8438 3231 8439 3231 8441 3223 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 269DEG 35KT 3229 8449
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 8:58 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 5 days |
| Feb 28, 9:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 57 min |
| Feb 28, 9:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 52 min |
| Feb 28, 9:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 9:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Taylor | 53 min |
| Feb 28, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach, Schley, Taylor | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 11:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 11:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 58 min |
| Feb 28, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Pulaski | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 12:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 56 min |
| Feb 28, 12:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 12:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 12:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 1:05 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 1:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 1:36 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 1:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 3:20 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:41 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 73 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 35 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.