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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 9:32 PM EDT for Hancock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. 4 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, 9:32 PM EDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, GA, Warren County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 10:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Sparta, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| Apr 10, 10:19 PM EDT | TORNADO 0 | 2 Nw Sparta, GA | BRIEF TORNADO PATH OF APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WINDTH 100 FEET...WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 80 MPH. ONE MOBILE HOME LOST SHINGLES...SIEDING...AND SOME WINDOWS. |
| Apr 10, 10:23 PM EDT | TORNADO 0 | Nne Sparta, GA | A SECOND TORNADO SPAWNED BY THE SAME THUNDERSTORM JUST A LITTLE FURTHER EAST. PATH LENGTH WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 1.1 MILES...MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 100 FEET...AND MAXIMUM WINDS 80 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWN ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. |
| Apr 10, 10:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Shoulderbone, 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, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 1295 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 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 110132
TORFFC
GAC141-301-110215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0085.090411T0132Z-090411T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
932 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 929 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO BETWEEN
SPRINGFIELD AND SHOULDERBONE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PRINCETON...MAYFIELD...NORWOOD...AND WARRENTON.
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.
TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3328 8243 3333 8257 3328 8268 3328 8310
3340 8311 3347 8301 3345 8298 3345 8286
3347 8287 3352 8282 3351 8276 3354 8273
3355 8261 3341 8254 3336 8254 3335 8244
3332 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 267DEG 38KT 3342 8298
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 110150
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
950 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
GAC141-301-110215-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-090411T0215Z/
HANCOCK GA-WARREN GA-
950 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR WARREN
AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES...
AT 949 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORWOOD...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEALL
SPRINGS...WARRENTON...CADLEY...CAMAK...MESENA AND REESE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
&&
LAT...LON 3333 8257 3328 8268 3329 8284 3345 8286
3352 8282 3351 8276 3354 8273 3355 8262
3345 8258 3341 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 270DEG 37KT 3343 8274
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 110208
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1008 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
GAC141-301-110218-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-090411T0215Z/
HANCOCK GA-WARREN GA-
1008 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WARREN AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES
EXPIRE AT 1015 PM EDT...
AT 1007 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR MESENA...MOVING EAST AT 45 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 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3333 8257 3328 8268 3329 8284 3345 8286
3352 8282 3351 8276 3354 8273 3355 8262
3345 8258 3341 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 270DEG 37KT 3343 8252
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale, Walton | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Henry | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 8:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 8:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Apr 10, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Oconee, Walton | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Spalding | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 9:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Rockdale | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 9:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 9:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 9:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 19 min |
| Apr 10, 10:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 68 min |
| Apr 10, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam, Walton | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 10:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 10:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 10:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 10:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 10:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Sumter | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Webster | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 11:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 11:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 11:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Sumter | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington | 67 min |
| Apr 10, 11:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 11:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 11:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 11:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 11:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Webster | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 12:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 36 min |
| Apr 11, 12:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp | 45 min |
| Apr 11, 12:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Apr 11, 12:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 40 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.