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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2010, 5:01 PM EDT for Crisp County, Dooly County, Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2010, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Sumter County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
227 WFUS52 KFFC 032101 TORFFC GAC081-093-261-032145- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0024.100503T2101Z-100503T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 501 PM EDT MON MAY 3 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF CORDELE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VIENNA. 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 3204 8397 3220 8360 3194 8361 3186 8394 TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 248DEG 17KT 3196 8393 $$
1 follow-up statement
308
WWUS52 KFFC 032120
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 PM EDT MON MAY 3 2010
GAC261-032130-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-100503T2145Z/
SUMTER GA-
520 PM EDT MON MAY 3 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3194 8361 3187 8390 3201 8394 3205 8395
3208 8388 3210 8384 3220 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 248DEG 17KT 3201 8380
$$
GAC081-093-032145-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-100503T2145Z/
CRISP GA-DOOLY GA-
520 PM EDT MON MAY 3 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY AND NORTHERN CRISP COUNTIES...
AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHWOOD...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RICHWOOD...VIENNA...EAST CRISP...TREMONT AND TIPPETTVILLE.
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 3194 8361 3187 8390 3201 8394 3205 8395
3208 8388 3210 8384 3220 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 248DEG 17KT 3201 8380
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 5:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 39 min |
| May 3, 5:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 20 hr |
| May 3, 6:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| May 3, 6:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas | 6 hr |
| May 3, 7:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 10 hr |
| May 3, 8:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 10 hr |
| May 3, 8:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 27 hr |
| May 3, 9:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 19 hr |
| May 3, 10:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 9 hr |
| May 3, 10:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 47 hr |
| May 3, 10:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 40 hr |
| May 3, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| May 3, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 9 hr |
| May 3, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| May 3, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| May 3, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| May 3, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| May 3, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 5 hr |
| May 3, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 8 hr |
| May 3, 2:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 44 min |
| May 3, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 54 min |
| May 3, 3:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| May 3, 3:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 7 hr |
| May 3, 3:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 58 hr |
| May 3, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren | 48 min |
| May 3, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 43 min |
| May 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 40 min |
| May 3, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wilcox | 53 min |
| May 3, 6:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 108 min |
| May 3, 7:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 24 hr |
| May 3, 7:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 50 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.