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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2009, 11:32 AM EST for Houston County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 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 28, 2009, 11:32 AM EST (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2009, 12:30 PM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, GA, Pulaski County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 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 28, 8:25 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 281632
TORFFC
GAC153-235-281730-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0041.090228T1632Z-090228T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1132 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1230 PM EST
* AT 1128 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF
PERRY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HENDERSON...MEADOWDALE...MOSS OAK...GROVE PARK...ELKO...GROVANIA...
CLINCHFIELD...HAYNEVILLE...SAND BED...KATHLEEN...KLONDIKE...
OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA AND PULASKI STATE PRISON.
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 3236 8385 3243 8383 3243 8385 3245 8385
3245 8382 3244 8381 3245 8379 3248 8379
3253 8354 3248 8350 3239 8348 3234 8342
3231 8342 3230 8384
TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 265DEG 36KT 3239 8393
$$4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 281641
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1141 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
GAC153-235-281730-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-090228T1730Z/
PULASKI GA-HOUSTON GA-
1140 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
HOUSTON AND NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES...
AT 1138 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF MOSS
OAK...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HENDERSON...MEADOWDALE...GROVE PARK...PERRY...ELKO...GROVANIA...
HOUSTON LAKE...CLINCHFIELD...HAYNEVILLE...SAND BED...KATHLEEN...
KLONDIKE...OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA AND PULASKI STATE PRISON.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3236 8385 3243 8383 3243 8385 3245 8385
3245 8382 3244 8381 3245 8379 3248 8379
3253 8354 3248 8350 3239 8348 3234 8342
3231 8342 3230 8384
TIME...MOT...LOC 1640Z 265DEG 35KT 3240 8385
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 281658
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1158 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
GAC153-235-281730-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-090228T1730Z/
PULASKI GA-HOUSTON GA-
1155 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
HOUSTON AND NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES...
AT 1152 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
NEW ROTATION WITH THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS HOUSTON
COUNTY. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY
JUST EAST OF ELKO...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS NEW ROTATION ARE KLONDIKE...
OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA AND PULASKI STATE PRISON.
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 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
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 3236 8385 3243 8383 3243 8385 3245 8385
3245 8382 3244 8381 3245 8379 3248 8379
3253 8354 3248 8350 3239 8348 3234 8342
3231 8342 3230 8384
TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 263DEG 41KT 3233 8365
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 281706
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1206 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
GAC153-235-281730-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-090228T1730Z/
PULASKI GA-HOUSTON GA-
1206 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
HOUSTON AND NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES...
AT 1205 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KLONDIKE...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KLONDIKE...KATHLEEN...OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA AND PULASKI STATE
PRISON.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3230 8384 3243 8383 3243 8384 3245 8385
3245 8382 3244 8381 3245 8379 3248 8379
3253 8354 3248 8350 3239 8348 3234 8342
3231 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 1706Z 259DEG 23KT 3234 8359
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 281723
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1223 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
GAC153-235-281732-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-090228T1730Z/
PULASKI GA-HOUSTON GA-
1222 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HOUSTON AND NORTHWESTERN PULASKI
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1230 PM EST...
AT 1220 PM EST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD
WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST NEAR THE OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA. IT
WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
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 3230 8384 3243 8383 3243 8384 3245 8385
3245 8382 3244 8381 3245 8379 3248 8379
3253 8354 3248 8350 3239 8348 3234 8342
3231 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 259DEG 23KT 3236 8347
$$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, 10:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 47 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, 11:35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.