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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 5:26 PM EDT for Bartow County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 10, 2009, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 5:50 PM EDT | HAIL 2.75 | Adairsville, GA | BASEBALL SIZED HAIL THAT BROKE WINDSHIELD. |
| Apr 10, 6:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 N White, GA | WIND SPEEDS UP TO 60 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 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 102126
TORFFC
GAC015-129-102215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0056.090410T2126Z-090410T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
526 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PLAINVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ADAIRSVILLE AND WHITE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3444 8509 3445 8509 3451 8465 3447 8464
3436 8465 3435 8464 3434 8465 3427 8465
3425 8502 3434 8502 3435 8500 3439 8500
3440 8509 3442 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 262DEG 39KT 3432 8523
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 102147
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
547 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
GAC015-129-102215-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-090410T2215Z/
BARTOW GA-GORDON GA-
547 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
GORDON AND NORTHERN BARTOW COUNTIES...
AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ADAIRSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FOLSOM...SONORAVILLE...WHITE...PINE LOG...FUNKHOUSER...RANGER AND
FAIRMOUNT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWEST GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000
PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3444 8509 3445 8509 3451 8465 3447 8464
3436 8465 3435 8464 3434 8465 3427 8465
3425 8502 3434 8502 3435 8500 3439 8500
3440 8509 3442 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 265DEG 40KT 3435 8487
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Polk, Walker | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 8:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 8:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Paulding, Polk | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union, White | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 13 min |
| Apr 10, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Walker | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 22 min |
| Apr 10, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 5:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 14 min |
| Apr 10, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gordon | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | White | 23 min |
| Apr 10, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union, White | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 67 min |
| Apr 10, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 7:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 7:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding, Polk | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Jackson | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 31 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.