Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2010, 10:06 PM EDT for Hancock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
- Mar 28, 2010, 10:06 PM EDT (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2010, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, GA, Warren County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 10:32 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 6 Se Warrenton, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
810
WFUS52 KFFC 290206
TORFFC
GAC141-301-290245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0014.100329T0206Z-100329T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1006 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 1005 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SPARTA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NORWOOD...WARRENTON AND CAMAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY 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 3334 8251 3323 8302 3334 8305 3358 8263
3357 8262 3345 8258 3341 8254 3336 8254
3336 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 243DEG 38KT 3330 8291
$$1 follow-up statement
223
WWUS52 KFFC 290228
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1028 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
GAC141-290234-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-100329T0245Z/
HANCOCK GA-
1028 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF HANCOCK COUNTY
AND INTO WARREN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT ACROSS HANCOCK COUNTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE
PREPARED FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3334 8251 3329 8277 3335 8280 3336 8279
3339 8282 3342 8282 3345 8285 3358 8263
3345 8258 3341 8254 3336 8254 3336 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 242DEG 30KT 3336 8277
$$
GAC301-290245-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-100329T0245Z/
WARREN GA-
1028 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR WARREN
COUNTY...
AT 1024 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS
IN THE WARRNETON AREA SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW!
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEALL
SPRINGS...NORWOOD...REESE...CAMAK...CADLEY AND MESENA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3334 8251 3329 8277 3335 8280 3336 8279
3339 8282 3342 8282 3345 8285 3358 8263
3345 8258 3341 8254 3336 8254 3336 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 242DEG 30KT 3336 8277
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren | 66 min |
| Mar 28, 8:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Putnam | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Putnam | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 9:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 59 min |
| Mar 28, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 3:48 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 23 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.