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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 25, 2010Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Oct 25, 2010, 2:49 PM EDT for Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 5 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: Oct 25, 2010, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired: Oct 25, 2010, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Houston County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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
Oct 25, 2:50 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Perry, GA
Oct 25, 2:50 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Perry, GA	NEAR GA 127 AND MOODY
Oct 25, 2:59 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Bonaire, GA
Oct 25, 3:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Kathleen, GA	KATHLEEN AT HWY. 127.
Oct 25, 3:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	6 Nne Perry, GA	HALFWAY BETWEEN PERRY AND WARNER ROBBINS

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
Oct 25, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

013 
WFUS52 KFFC 251849
TORFFC
GAC153-289-251915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0027.101025T1849Z-101025T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
249 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PERRY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CENTERVILLE AND WARNER ROBINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3248 8380 3249 8378 3251 8378 3249 8374
      3253 8374 3252 8371 3262 8371 3267 8364
      3266 8359 3270 8360 3274 8353 3252 8337
      3239 8372
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 237DEG 26KT 3252 8368

$$

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1 follow-up statement

984 
WWUS52 KFFC 251909
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
309 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

GAC153-251918-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-101025T1915Z/
HOUSTON GA-
309 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
A TORNADO HAS MOVED ACROSS THE OCMULGEE RIVER INTO TWIGGS 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 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3253 8354 3257 8354 3259 8353 3262 8354
      3265 8356 3266 8359 3270 8360 3274 8353
      3252 8337 3247 8350
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 237DEG 26KT 3256 8350

$$

GAC289-251915-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-101025T1915Z/
TWIGGS GA-
309 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TWIGGS COUNTY...

AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TARVERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BULLARD
AND HUBER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.

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 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3253 8354 3257 8354 3259 8353 3262 8354
      3265 8356 3266 8359 3270 8360 3274 8353
      3252 8337 3247 8350
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 237DEG 26KT 3256 8350

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 25, 5:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	43 min
Oct 25, 5:20 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	25 min
Oct 25, 5:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga	49 min
Oct 25, 5:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield	23 min
Oct 25, 5:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Gordon	41 min
Oct 25, 6:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield	31 min
Oct 25, 6:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	38 min
Oct 25, 6:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens	44 min
Oct 25, 6:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding	48 min
Oct 25, 6:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow	23 min
Oct 25, 6:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Heard	50 min
Oct 25, 6:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White	43 min
Oct 25, 7:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton	49 min
Oct 25, 7:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry and 2 more	51 min
Oct 25, 10:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Jones	39 min
Oct 25, 10:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington	49 min
Oct 25, 11:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen	42 min
Oct 25, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski	49 min
Oct 25, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Wilkinson	53 min
Oct 25, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	52 min
Oct 25, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens	47 min
Oct 25, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington	38 min
Oct 25, 3:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	25 min
Oct 25, 3:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Laurens	36 min
Oct 25, 3:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	39 min
Oct 25, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen	45 min
Oct 25, 4:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel	51 min
Oct 25, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen	46 min
Oct 25, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter	45 min
Oct 25, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	24 min
Oct 25, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	50 min
Oct 25, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston	28 min
Oct 25, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson	39 min
Oct 25, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	21 min

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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.