Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2010, 1:18 AM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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, 1:18 AM EDT (05:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2010, 2:07 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chattooga County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 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 |
| Apr 25, 1:17 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
014
WFUS52 KFFC 250518
TORFFC
GAC055-250630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0018.100425T0518Z-100425T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
118 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 230 AM EDT
* AT 116 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 29 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TRION...MENLO...BERRYTON...AND SUMMERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
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 3459 8542 3458 8510 3443 8519 3439 8526
3436 8534 3429 8538 3429 8547 3454 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 240DEG 37KT 3429 8579
$$3 follow-up statements
850
WWUS52 KFFC 250544
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
144 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
GAC055-250630-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-100425T0630Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-
144 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR CHATTOOGA
COUNTY...
AT 139 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STRONG ROTATION LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENLO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE ROTATION IN THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED
SLIGHTLY...BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHATTOOGAVILLE...CLOUDLAND...LYERLY...BERRYTON...JAMES H. FLOYD STATE
PARK...SUMMERVILLE...TIDINGS...TRION AND SUBLIGNA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3459 8542 3458 8511 3443 8519 3436 8534
3434 8547 3454 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 242DEG 39KT 3443 8552
$$516
WWUS52 KFFC 250558
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
158 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
GAC055-250630-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-100425T0630Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-
158 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN
CHATTOOGA COUNTY...
AT 153 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE ROTATION IN A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BERRYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS
CHATTOOGA COUNTY...BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE A BRIEF...WEAK TORNADO.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TRION
AND SUBLIGNA.
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 3441 8543 3452 8544 3459 8532 3458 8511
3445 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 242DEG 39KT 3450 8537
$$845
WWUS52 KFFC 250607
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
207 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
GAC055-250617-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-100425T0630Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-
207 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SUSPECTED TO BE
PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3441 8543 3452 8544 3459 8532 3458 8511
3445 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 242DEG 39KT 3456 8524
$$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, 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, 1:40 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.