Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches in 2009
Tornado Watch 25
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 18, 2009, 2:32 PM CST for 12 counties in Alabama; 109 counties in Georgia; 8 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2009, 2:32 PM CST (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2009, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 129 counties
Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Cook County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Early County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Grady County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 70%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
62 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 17 min |
| Feb 18, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 41 min |
| Feb 18, 3:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 37 min |
| Feb 18, 4:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 43 min |
| Feb 18, 4:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Taylor | 24 min |
| Feb 18, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 4:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor | 27 min |
| Feb 18, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon, Taylor | 22 min |
| Feb 18, 4:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 54 min |
| Feb 18, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Feb 18, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Spalding | 51 min |
| Feb 18, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 46 min |
| Feb 18, 5:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Houston, Peach | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 47 min |
| Feb 18, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 26 min |
| Feb 18, 5:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton | 54 min |
| Feb 18, 5:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 5:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 5:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs | 25 min |
| Feb 18, 5:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 22 min |
| Feb 18, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 55 min |
| Feb 18, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 18 min |
| Feb 18, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 77 min |
| Feb 18, 6:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Feb 18, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton | 21 min |
| Feb 18, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 53 min |
| Feb 18, 6:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie | 66 min |
| Feb 18, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 35 min |
| Feb 18, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 56 min |
| Feb 18, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 33 min |
| Feb 18, 7:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Spalding | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 7:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 34 min |
| Feb 18, 7:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 7:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke, Richmond | 46 min |
| Feb 18, 7:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa | 41 min |
| Feb 18, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 32 min |
| Feb 18, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 8:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Taylor | 27 min |
| Feb 18, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Coosa, Lee, Tallapoosa | 65 min |
| Feb 18, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 31 min |
| Feb 18, 8:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper | 40 min |
| Feb 18, 8:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Lamar, Spalding | 52 min |
| Feb 18, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach, Taylor | 17 min |
| Feb 18, 8:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 52 min |
| Feb 18, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe | 37 min |
| Feb 18, 9:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 36 min |
| Feb 18, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 9:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 9:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Washington | 35 min |
| Feb 18, 9:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Washington | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 48 min |
| Feb 18, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington, Orangeburg | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 9:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 23 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 605 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 895 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 11:14 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Lamar, Lawrence and 6 more | 91 min |
| Feb 18, 12:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 4 more | 93 min |
| Feb 18, 3:22 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 42 more | 83 min |
| Feb 18, 4:58 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 4 more | 92 min |
| Feb 18, 5:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Henry, Lee, Macon and 1 more | 94 min |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2009Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2009Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2009Every tornado watch in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.