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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 2010Glascock County, Jefferson County, Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2010, 4:17 PM EDT for Glascock County, Jefferson County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
May 3, 2010, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2010, 4:57 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Warren County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 3:08 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2010-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2010-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

184 
WFUS52 KFFC 032017
TORFFC
GAC125-163-301-032115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0023.100503T2017Z-100503T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
417 PM EDT MON MAY 3 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GLASCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EDGEHILL...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  GIBSON...AVERA...STAPLETON AND WRENS.

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 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3314 8263 3323 8268 3336 8245 3332 8239
      3333 8235 3331 8232 3325 8225 3322 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 248DEG 17KT 3319 8262

$$
1 follow-up statement
360 
WWUS52 KFFC 032057
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
457 PM EDT MON MAY 3 2010

GAC125-163-301-032104-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-100503T2115Z/
JEFFERSON GA-GLASCOCK GA-WARREN GA-
457 PM EDT MON MAY 3 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WARREN...GLASCOCK AND
NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SUSPECTED TO BE 
PRODUCING A TORNADO. 

IF YOU SAW 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 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3314 8263 3323 8268 3336 8245 3332 8239
      3333 8235 3331 8232 3325 8225 3322 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 248DEG 17KT 3326 8242

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 5:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup39 min
May 3, 5:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade20 hr
May 3, 6:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett6 hr
May 3, 6:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas6 hr
May 3, 7:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Douglas10 hr
May 3, 8:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth10 hr
May 3, 8:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton27 hr
May 3, 9:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett19 hr
May 3, 10:24 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton9 hr
May 3, 10:24 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale47 hr
May 3, 10:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard40 hr
May 3, 12:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton6 hr
May 3, 12:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton9 hr
May 3, 12:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton6 hr
May 3, 12:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
May 3, 12:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton6 hr
May 3, 12:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton, Gwinnett3 hr
May 3, 12:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb5 hr
May 3, 12:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett8 hr
May 3, 2:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHancock, Warren44 min
May 3, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington54 min
May 3, 3:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Fulton6 hr
May 3, 3:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Fulton7 hr
May 3, 3:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee58 hr
May 3, 3:27 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Warren48 min
May 3, 3:47 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGlascock, Washington43 min
May 3, 5:01 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter44 min
May 3, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wilcox53 min
May 3, 6:34 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Fulton108 min
May 3, 7:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale24 hr
May 3, 7:35 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.