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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2010, 11:56 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 min. 3 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 24, 2010, 11:56 PM EDT (03:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2010, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 12:37 AM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 3 Nne Cloudland, GA | EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE AL STATE LINE ON STATE LINE ROAD THEN CONTINUED ON A NEAR 4 MILE LONG PATH ENDING APPROXIMATELY 2.6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRION ON CENTER POST ROAD. PATH WIDTH - 300 YARDS WIDE...ESTIMATED MAX WINDS 95-105 MPH. MAJORITY OF THE DA |
| Apr 25, 12:50 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Center Post, GA | THREE TREES DOWN. |
| Apr 25, 12:54 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Menlo, GA | A FEW POWER LINES DOWN. |
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 24, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 604 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 815 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS52 KFFC 250356
TORFFC
GAC055-083-295-250500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0016.100425T0356Z-100425T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1156 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTH CENTRAL DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT
* AT 1146 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CLOUDLAND
...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. AT 1145 PM EDT STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED
A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN GERALDINE ALABAMA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
STORM...TAKE COVER NOW!
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAFAYETTE.
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 3484 8521 3477 8520 3477 8516 3476 8515
3472 8516 3471 8505 3463 8505 3459 8506
3444 8550 3468 8555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 243DEG 34KT 3439 8593
$$5 follow-up statements
479
WWUS52 KFFC 250412
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1212 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
GAC055-083-295-250500-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-100425T0500Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-DADE GA-WALKER GA-
1212 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR WALKER...
EXTREME SOUTHERN DADE AND NORTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES...
AT 1210 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO TO THE WEST OF FORT
PAYNE...AL...BETWEEN SAND MOUNTAIN AND FORT PAYNE. THE STORM
PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MENLO...CEDAR GROVE...CENTER POST...TRION...LINWOOD...LAFAYETTE...
SUBLIGNA...SUTTLES MILL...VILLANOW...NAOMI...ROCK SPRING AND NOBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 8521 3477 8520 3477 8516 3476 8515
3472 8516 3471 8505 3463 8505 3459 8506
3444 8550 3468 8555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 243DEG 34KT 3446 8571
$$762
WWUS52 KFFC 250423
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1223 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
GAC055-083-295-250500-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-100425T0500Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-DADE GA-WALKER GA-
1223 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR WALKER...
EXTREME SOUTHERN DADE AND NORTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES...
AT 1220 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF
CLOUDLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM HAS WEAKENED
SOMEWHAT...BUT IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES IN EASTERN ALABAMA.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MENLO...CEDAR GROVE...CENTER POST...TRION...LINWOOD...LAFAYETTE...
SUBLIGNA...VILLANOW...SUTTLES MILL...NAOMI...ROCK SPRING AND NOBLE.
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 FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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 300 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 8521 3477 8520 3477 8516 3476 8515
3472 8516 3471 8505 3463 8505 3459 8506
3444 8550 3468 8555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 243DEG 34KT 3450 8565
$$741
WWUS52 KFFC 250434
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1234 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
GAC055-083-295-250500-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-100425T0500Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-DADE GA-WALKER GA-
1234 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR WALKER...
EXTREME SOUTHERN DADE AND NORTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES...
AT 1129 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 1 MILE EAST OF VALLEY
HEAD...ALABAMA AND RADAR SHOWS STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. THIS
TORNADO IS LOCATED NEAR CLOUDLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND
WILL PASS THROUGH THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CHATTOOGA COUNTY AND INTO
SOUTHWEST WALKER COUNTY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MENLO...CEDAR GROVE...CENTER POST...TRION...LINWOOD...LAFAYETTE...
SUBLIGNA...VILLANOW...SUTTLES MILL...NAOMI...ROCK SPRING AND NOBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 8521 3477 8520 3477 8516 3476 8515
3472 8516 3471 8505 3463 8505 3459 8506
3444 8550 3468 8555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 243DEG 34KT 3455 8553
$$633
WWUS52 KFFC 250444
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1244 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
GAC083-250453-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-100425T0500Z/
DADE GA-
1244 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DADE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.
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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3484 8521 3477 8520 3477 8516 3476 8515
3472 8516 3471 8505 3463 8505 3459 8506
3450 8544 3463 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 245DEG 38KT 3461 8538
$$
GAC055-295-250500-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-100425T0500Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-WALKER GA-
1244 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
WALKER AND NORTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES...
AT 1239 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO
LOCATED NEAR CENTER POST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TRION...LINWOOD...LAFAYETTE...SUBLIGNA...SUTTLES MILL...NAOMI...NOBLE
AND VILLANOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 8521 3477 8520 3477 8516 3476 8515
3472 8516 3471 8505 3463 8505 3459 8506
3450 8544 3463 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 245DEG 38KT 3461 8538
$$824
WWUS52 KFFC 250455 RRA
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1255 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
GAC055-250503-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-100425T0500Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-
1255 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO
WALKER COUNTY. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE IN
CHATTOOGA COUNTY UNTIL 1 AM.
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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3465 8535 3477 8520 3477 8516 3476 8515
3472 8516 3471 8505 3463 8505 3462 8505
3460 8508 3460 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 245DEG 38KT 3465 8526
$$
GAC295-250500-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-100425T0500Z/
WALKER GA-
1255 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY...
AT 1248 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CENTER POST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUTTLES
MILL...NAOMI AND VILLANOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3465 8535 3477 8520 3477 8516 3476 8515
3472 8516 3471 8505 3463 8505 3462 8505
3460 8508 3460 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 245DEG 38KT 3465 8526
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 11 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 12:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walker, Whitfield | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 1:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 1:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Walker, Whitfield | 113 min |
| Apr 25, 1:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 1:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 4:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 5:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 10:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 10 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.