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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 25, 2010Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Oct 25, 2010, 3:39 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 2010, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Oct 25, 3:42 PM EDTHAIL 1.756 Ne Dexter, GALOWER DEXTER ROAD

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
Oct 25, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Oct 25, 3:06 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2010-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 324 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 2010-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

906 
WFUS52 KFFC 251939
TORFFC
GAC175-252015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0029.101025T1939Z-101025T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DEXTER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  RENTZ...DUBLIN AND EAST DUBLIN.

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 3242 8314 3250 8318 3262 8280 3243 8269
      3238 8271 3232 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 235DEG 24KT 3244 8306

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 5:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker43 min
Oct 25, 5:20 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDade, Walker25 min
Oct 25, 5:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga49 min
Oct 25, 5:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield23 min
Oct 25, 5:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon41 min
Oct 25, 6:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Murray, Whitfield31 min
Oct 25, 6:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk38 min
Oct 25, 6:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Pickens44 min
Oct 25, 6:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Paulding48 min
Oct 25, 6:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow23 min
Oct 25, 6:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Heard50 min
Oct 25, 6:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White43 min
Oct 25, 7:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton49 min
Oct 25, 7:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry and 2 more51 min
Oct 25, 10:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones39 min
Oct 25, 10:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington49 min
Oct 25, 11:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Treutlen42 min
Oct 25, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Pulaski49 min
Oct 25, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Wilkinson53 min
Oct 25, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs52 min
Oct 25, 2:49 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs26 min
Oct 25, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Laurens47 min
Oct 25, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington38 min
Oct 25, 3:35 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens25 min
Oct 25, 3:51 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen39 min
Oct 25, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Treutlen45 min
Oct 25, 4:24 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel51 min
Oct 25, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen46 min
Oct 25, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter45 min
Oct 25, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel24 min
Oct 25, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens50 min
Oct 25, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston28 min
Oct 25, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Johnson39 min
Oct 25, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson21 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.