Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2010, 12:48 AM EDT for Walker County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2010, 12:48 AM EDT (04:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2010, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
742
WFUS52 KFFC 250448
TORFFC
GAC295-313-250530-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0017.100425T0448Z-100425T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1248 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 1243 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 26 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DALTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VILLANOW...MILL CREEK...ROCKY FACE...TILTON...DAWNVILLE AND
BEAVERDALE.
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 300 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3486 8482 3483 8486 3478 8484 3478 8488
3471 8486 3470 8493 3467 8489 3466 8489
3467 8494 3463 8491 3461 8493 3462 8505
3459 8507 3458 8512 3476 8518 3476 8515
3494 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 245DEG 38KT 3463 8533
$$2 follow-up statements
063
WWUS52 KFFC 250512
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
112 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
GAC295-313-250530-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-100425T0530Z/
WALKER GA-WHITFIELD GA-
112 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
WHITFIELD AND EAST CENTRAL WALKER COUNTIES...
AT 107 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STRONG ROTATION NEAR MILL CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH. THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED...BUT A TORNADO MAY STILL OCCUR.
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKY
FACE...TILTON...DALTON...DAWNVILLE AND BEAVERDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3494 8483 3486 8482 3483 8486 3478 8484
3478 8488 3471 8486 3470 8493 3467 8489
3466 8489 3467 8494 3463 8492 3462 8497
3466 8508 3475 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 245DEG 38KT 3474 8505
$$371
WWUS52 KFFC 250524
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
124 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
GAC295-250532-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-100425T0530Z/
WALKER GA-
124 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED WALKER 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 900 AM EDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3494 8483 3487 8483 3483 8486 3480 8486
3478 8484 3478 8488 3471 8486 3469 8498
3481 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 245DEG 38KT 3479 8492
$$
GAC313-250530-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-100425T0530Z/
WHITFIELD GA-
124 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
WHITFIELD COUNTY...
AT 121 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE ROTATION IN A THUNDERSTORM...ALTHOUGH THE ROTATION HAS BEEN
WEAKENING. THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 130
AM...ALTHOUGH WINDS TO 45 MPH AND DIME SIZED HAIL MAY STILL BE
POSSIBLE. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DALTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DAWNVILLE AND BEAVERDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3494 8483 3487 8483 3483 8486 3480 8486
3478 8484 3478 8488 3471 8486 3469 8498
3481 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 245DEG 38KT 3479 8492
$$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 24, 11:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.