Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2010, 8:01 PM EST for Carroll County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 21, 2010, 8:01 PM EST (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2010, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Carroll County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 8:15 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | Roopville, GA | DIME SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE BOWDEN AREA ALONG WITH 40 MPH WINDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 453 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
795
WFUS52 KFFC 220101
TORFFC
GAC045-220145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0001.100122T0101Z-100122T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
801 PM EST THU JAN 21 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 845 PM EST
* AT 756 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BOWDON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROOPVILLE...MOUNT ZION...CARROLLTON AND WHITESBURG.
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.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...LEAVE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3375 8496 3348 8488 3347 8490 3345 8497
3342 8519 3343 8530 3361 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 249DEG 32KT 3351 8531
$$2 follow-up statements
411
WWUS52 KFFC 220123
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
823 PM EST THU JAN 21 2010
GAC045-220145-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100122T0145Z/
CARROLL GA-
823 PM EST THU JAN 21 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EST FOR CARROLL
COUNTY...
AT 822 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROOPVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOWDON
JUNCTION...LOWELL...CARROLLTON...CLEM...ABILENE...SEATON LAKE AND
WHITESBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
&&
LAT...LON 3375 8496 3348 8488 3347 8490 3345 8497
3342 8519 3343 8530 3361 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 249DEG 32KT 3350 8512
$$165
WWUS52 KFFC 220141
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
841 PM EST THU JAN 21 2010
GAC045-220147-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100122T0145Z/
CARROLL GA-
841 PM EST THU JAN 21 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CARROLL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM EST...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE
CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3375 8496 3348 8488 3347 8490 3345 8497
3342 8519 3343 8530 3361 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 249DEG 32KT 3354 8498
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 10:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oconee, Walton | 44 min |
| Jan 22, 1:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 30 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 72 hr |
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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.