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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2009, 1:10 PM EST for Crisp County, Dooly County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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, 1:10 PM EST (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2009, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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, 11:39 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 281810
TORFFC
GAC081-093-315-281900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0042.090228T1810Z-090228T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
110 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 107 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VIENNA...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PITTS...PINEVIEW...ROCHELLE AND ABBEVILLE.
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 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 3195 8387 3213 8385 3211 8335 3208 8330
3196 8328 3194 8326 3195 8324 3193 8323
3192 8321 3188 8321 3187 8318 3186 8318
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 276DEG 35KT 3203 8376
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 281819
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
119 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
GAC081-093-315-281900-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-090228T1900Z/
CRISP GA-WILCOX GA-DOOLY GA-
119 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY...WILCOX AND NORTHEASTERN CRISP COUNTIES...
AT 116 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4
MILES NORTH OF TREMONT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TIPPETTVILLE...SEVILLE...PLEASANT VIEW...PITTS...POPE CITY...
PINEVIEW...ROCHELLE...CEDAR CREEK...ANTIOCH CHURCH...ABBEVILLE AND
BROWNING.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3196 8379 3212 8374 3211 8335 3208 8330
3196 8328 3194 8326 3195 8324 3192 8321
3188 8321 3187 8318 3186 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 266DEG 35KT 3206 8365
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 281834
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
134 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
GAC081-093-281842-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-090228T1900Z/
CRISP GA-DOOLY GA-
132 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY AND NORTHEASTERN CRISP
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO WILCOX COUNTY.
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 3193 8361 3212 8360 3210 8334 3208 8330
3196 8328 3194 8326 3195 8324 3194 8323
3193 8323 3192 8321 3188 8321 3187 8318
3186 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 272DEG 36KT 3206 8349
$$
GAC315-281900-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-090228T1900Z/
WILCOX GA-
132 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR WILCOX
COUNTY...
AT 130 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POPE CITY...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROCHELLE...CEDAR CREEK...ANTIOCH CHURCH...ABBEVILLE AND BROWNING.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3193 8361 3212 8360 3210 8334 3208 8330
3196 8328 3194 8326 3195 8324 3194 8323
3193 8323 3192 8321 3188 8321 3187 8318
3186 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 272DEG 36KT 3206 8349
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 281847
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
147 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
GAC315-281900-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-090228T1900Z/
WILCOX GA-
147 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
WILCOX COUNTY...
AT 144 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR
CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN WILCOX
COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN THE PINEVIEW AREA EARLIER.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ABBEVILLE.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
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 3197 8341 3211 8339 3210 8334 3208 8331
3208 8330 3203 8330 3203 8329 3196 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 272DEG 36KT 3206 8332
$$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, 11:32 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, 1:36 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.