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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 28, 2009Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 9:48 AM EDT for Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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: Mar 28, 2009, 9:48 AM EDT (13:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2009, 10:19 AM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Webster County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 28, 10:20 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 E Richland, GA	ONE TREE DOWN ON HWY 280 ALONG STEWART WEBSTER COUNTY LINE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 281348
TORFFC
GAC307-281430-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0046.090328T1348Z-090328T1430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
948 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT

* AT 945 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  WESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PRESTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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.

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 3192 8465 3197 8464 3198 8466 3199 8464
      3203 8465 3204 8464 3212 8463 3215 8454
      3213 8452 3214 8443 3192 8444 3191 8445
      3191 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1347Z 239DEG 23KT 3202 8474

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 281403
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1003 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

GAC307-281430-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-090328T1430Z/
WEBSTER GA-
1003 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EDT FOR WEBSTER
COUNTY...

AT 1002 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PRESTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUMAS.

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 3192 8465 3197 8464 3198 8466 3199 8464
      3203 8465 3204 8464 3212 8463 3215 8454
      3213 8452 3214 8443 3192 8444 3191 8445
      3191 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1403Z 247DEG 28KT 3206 8452

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 281419
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1019 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

GAC307-281428-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-090328T1430Z/
WEBSTER GA-
1019 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEBSTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF WEBSTER COUNTY AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO 
LONGER EXPECTED.

IF YOU SAW 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 3192 8465 3197 8464 3198 8466 3199 8464
      3203 8465 3204 8464 3212 8463 3215 8454
      3213 8452 3214 8443 3192 8444 3191 8445
      3191 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1418Z 247DEG 28KT 3210 8439

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 1:38 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	16 hr
Mar 28, 2:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	42 hr
Mar 28, 6:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	30 hr
Mar 28, 7:50 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Spalding	17 hr
Mar 28, 9:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Stewart	47 min
Mar 28, 10:07 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Marion, Schley, Sumter	38 min
Mar 28, 10:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Schley, Sumter	52 min
Mar 28, 10:41 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly	34 min
Mar 28, 11:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Pulaski, Wilcox	59 min
Mar 28, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	48 hr
Mar 28, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	4 days
Mar 28, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	7 hr
Mar 28, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Madison, Oglethorpe	21 hr
Mar 28, 11:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler	54 min
Mar 28, 12:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 2 more	41 min
Mar 28, 1:07 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more	31 hr
Mar 28, 1:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox	49 min
Mar 28, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	38 min
Mar 28, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair, Wheeler	59 min
Mar 28, 2:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Jones	6 hr
Mar 28, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	54 min
Mar 28, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler	22 min
Mar 28, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike	52 min
Mar 28, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Henry	23 min
Mar 28, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler	41 min
Mar 28, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Spalding	53 min
Mar 28, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	44 min
Mar 28, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Walton	50 min
Mar 28, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Toombs	19 min
Mar 28, 4:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	5 hr
Mar 28, 4:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson	12 days
Mar 28, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee, Walton	27 min
Mar 28, 5:56 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson	24 hr
Mar 28, 7:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Harris	6 hr

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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.