Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 24, 2010, 3:05 PM EST for Harris County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
- Jan 24, 2010, 3:05 PM EST (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2010, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harris County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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 24, 3:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Lagrange, GA | 1 TREE DOWN ON WHITAKER ROAD. |
| Jan 24, 3:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Lagrange, GA | ONE TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON SOUTH OAK DRIVE. |
| Jan 24, 3:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 S Lagrange, GA | ONE PORCH COLLAPSED ON THE 200 BLOCK OF HAMILTON STREET. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 12:26 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 811 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 872 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
263
WFUS52 KFFC 242005
TORFFC
GAC145-285-242045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0002.100124T2005Z-100124T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
305 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 345 PM EST
* AT 300 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEST
POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAGRANGE..WEST POINT...JONES CROSSROADS...LONG CANE...CANNONVILLE
AND HOGANSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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 600 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3321 8499 3322 8493 3322 8486 3301 8486
3275 8513 3276 8514 3279 8513 3281 8516
3288 8519 3296 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 219DEG 52KT 3285 8517
$$1 follow-up statement
468
WWUS52 KFFC 242024
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
324 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010
GAC145-242033-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T2045Z/
HARRIS GA-
324 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3320 8498 3322 8493 3322 8488 3321 8486
3316 8486 3301 8486 3287 8501 3287 8513
3287 8518 3297 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 219DEG 44KT 3306 8496
$$
GAC285-242045-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T2045Z/
TROUP GA-
324 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR TROUP
COUNTY...
AT 319 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAGRANGE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MOUNTVILLE...LOUISE...HARRISONVILLE AND HOGANSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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 600 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3320 8498 3322 8493 3322 8488 3321 8486
3316 8486 3301 8486 3287 8501 3287 8513
3287 8518 3297 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 219DEG 44KT 3306 8496
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2:51 AM EST | High Wind Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 24, 11:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 50 hr |
| Jan 24, 11:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 30 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 54 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 5 days |
| Jan 24, 12:40 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 32 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 19 min |
| Jan 24, 6:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Wheeler | 52 min |
| Jan 24, 6:18 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 67 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.