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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 7:26 PM EDT for Bartow County, Paulding County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. 8 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, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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, 7:38 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 W Rockmart, GA | |
| Apr 10, 7:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Aragon, GA | |
| Apr 10, 7:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Rockmart, GA | |
| Apr 10, 7:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Dallas, GA | |
| Apr 10, 7:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Dallas, GA | NICKEL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED |
| Apr 10, 7:56 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Dallas, GA | |
| Apr 10, 7:56 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Dallas, GA | |
| Apr 10, 8:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Dallas, GA |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 102326
TORFFC
GAC015-223-233-110015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0072.090410T2326Z-090411T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
726 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTHERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 725 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES
WEST OF ARAGON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROCKMART...TAYLORSVILLE...BRASWELL AND DALLAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3408 8520 3411 8470 3409 8470 3408 8474
3395 8473 3395 8472 3387 8473 3393 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 263DEG 46KT 3403 8514
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 102337
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
737 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
GAC015-223-233-110015-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-090411T0015Z/
PAULDING GA-POLK GA-BARTOW GA-
737 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BARTOW...EASTERN POLK AND NORTHERN PAULDING COUNTIES...
AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKMART...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
YORKVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...BRASWELL...BURNT HICKORY RIDGE...DALLAS...
NEW HOPE...HIRAM AND CROSS ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
&&
LAT...LON 3408 8512 3411 8470 3409 8470 3408 8474
3395 8473 3392 8474 3390 8473 3387 8473
3392 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 266DEG 34KT 3400 8504
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 102351
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
751 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
GAC015-223-233-110015-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-090411T0015Z/
PAULDING GA-POLK GA-BARTOW GA-
751 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BARTOW...EAST CENTRAL POLK AND NORTHERN PAULDING COUNTIES...
AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BURNT HICKORY
RIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DALLAS...NEW HOPE AND CROSS ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3408 8494 3411 8470 3409 8470 3408 8474
3402 8474 3394 8474 3387 8473 3391 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 272DEG 28KT 3399 8487
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 110015
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
815 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
GAC015-223-233-110025-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-090411T0015Z/
PAULDING GA-POLK GA-BARTOW GA-
815 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BARTOW...EAST CENTRAL POLK
AND NORTHERN PAULDING COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 815 PM EDT...
AT 815 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6
MILES EAST OF CROSS ROADS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3408 8494 3411 8470 3409 8470 3408 8474
3402 8474 3394 8474 3387 8473 3391 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 272DEG 28KT 3398 8465
$$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, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 49 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, 7:28 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.