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Tornado Warning 95, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 10:50 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 55 min. 5 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, 10:50 PM EDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Macon County, GA, Sumter County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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, 11:00 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 3 Ese Methvins, GA | A TORNADO WITH EF-1 MAX INTENSITY TOUCHED DOWN 3 M ESE OF METHVINS IN FAR ERN SUMTER COUNTY AND TRAVELED ACROSS SRN DOOLY COUNTY BEFORE LIFTING IN FAR WRN WILCOX COUNTY ABOUT 5 MI N OF SEVILLE AROUND 1145 PM. TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 25 MI AND MAX PATH WIDTH WAS |
| Apr 10, 11:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Vienna, GA | SEVERAL PECAN TREES UPROOTED |
| Apr 10, 11:20 PM EDT | TORNADO 0 | 1 N Vienna, GA | ANOTHER TORNADO RATED EF-0 TOUCHED DOWN 1 MI NORTH OF VIENNA AND TRAVELED 6 MI WITH SPOTTY DAMAGE BEFORE LIFTING 6 MI ENE OF VIENNA AROUND 1128 PM. THIS TORNADO OCCURRED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE EF-1 TORNADO OVER SOUTHERN DOOLY COUNTY. A CHICKEN HOUSE WAS DESTR |
| Apr 10, 11:20 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 N Vienna, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO DESTROYED A CHICKEN HOUSE AND DOWNED SEVERAL TREES NEARBY. THIS AREA WILL BE SURVEYED BY NWS PERSONNEL ON WEDNESDAY. |
| Apr 10, 11:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 Ese Vienna, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO CAUSED EXTENSIVE ROOF DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES AND SNAPPED DOZENS OF TREES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PARHAM RD AND LAMBSTOWN RD. THIS AREA WILL BE SURVEYED BY NWS PERSONNEL ON WEDNESDAY. |
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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 793 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 110250
TORFFC
GAC081-093-193-261-110345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0095.090411T0250Z-090411T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1050 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTH CENTRAL MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 1046 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR
ANDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DOOLING...BYROMVILLE...LILLY...VIENNA AND PINEHURST.
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 3207 8429 3216 8428 3215 8427 3217 8425
3216 8425 3216 8417 3222 8418 3224 8421
3223 8360 3193 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 278DEG 33KT 3214 8416
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 110309
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1109 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
GAC193-110318-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-090411T0345Z/
MACON GA-
1109 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO HAS EXITED MACON COUNTY.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3193 8361 3203 8404 3213 8407 3217 8402
3222 8397 3223 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 278DEG 33KT 3210 8397
$$
GAC081-093-261-110345-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-090411T0345Z/
CRISP GA-SUMTER GA-DOOLY GA-
1109 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR DOOLY...
NORTHEASTERN SUMTER AND NORTHERN CRISP COUNTIES...
AT 1107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DRAYTON...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BYROMVILLE...LILLY...VIENNA...RICHWOOD...PINEHURST...EAST CRISP...
TREMONT AND TIPPETTVILLE.
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 3193 8361 3203 8404 3213 8407 3217 8402
3222 8397 3223 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 278DEG 33KT 3210 8397
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 110317
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1117 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
GAC261-110327-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-090411T0345Z/
SUMTER GA-
1117 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS EXITED SUMTER COUNTY.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3196 8361 3202 8394 3213 8399 3216 8398
3221 8391 3223 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 278DEG 33KT 3208 8386
$$
GAC081-093-110345-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-090411T0345Z/
CRISP GA-DOOLY GA-
1117 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR DOOLY
AND NORTHERN CRISP COUNTIES...
AT 1116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VIENNA...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR VIENNA NEED TO SEEK STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RICHWOOD...PINEHURST...TREMONT AND TIPPETTVILLE.
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 3196 8361 3202 8394 3213 8399 3216 8398
3221 8391 3223 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 278DEG 33KT 3208 8386
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 110344
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1144 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
GAC081-093-110353-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-090411T0345Z/
CRISP GA-DOOLY GA-
1144 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DOOLY AND NORTHERN CRISP COUNTIES EXPIRES
AT 1145 PM EDT...
AT 1143 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS
EXITING DOOLY AND EXTREME NORTHERN CRISP COUNTIES...AND WAS MOVING
INTO WILCOX COUNTY.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3196 8361 3202 8394 3213 8399 3216 8398
3221 8391 3223 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 278DEG 33KT 3204 8358
$$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, 9:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 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, 10:52 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.