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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 24, 2010Harris County, Troup County, Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 24, 3:20 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Lagrange, GA1 TREE DOWN ON WHITAKER ROAD.
Jan 24, 3:20 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG5 S Lagrange, GAONE TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON SOUTH OAK DRIVE.
Jan 24, 3:20 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG8 S Lagrange, GAONE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 24, 12:26 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2010-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2010-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 811 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 2:51 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray and 4 more12 hr
Jan 24, 11:43 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton50 hr
Jan 24, 11:43 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett30 hr
Jan 24, 12:03 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale54 hr
Jan 24, 12:03 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee5 days
Jan 24, 12:40 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade32 hr
Jan 24, 4:59 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen19 min
Jan 24, 6:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett6 hr
Jan 24, 6:08 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Wheeler52 min
Jan 24, 6:18 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCFayette5 hr
Jan 24, 6:53 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield67 hr

Nearby

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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.