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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 24, 2010Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 24, 2010, 4:59 PM EST for Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 19 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
Jan 24, 2010, 4:59 PM EST (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2010, 5:18 PM EST
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2010-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2010-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

792 
WFUS52 KFFC 242159
TORFFC
GAC107-283-242245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0003.100124T2159Z-100124T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
459 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EST

* AT 458 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF NUNEZ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SWAINSBORO...TWIN CITY...SUMMERTOWN AND GARFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 3235 8241 3233 8253 3242 8264 3280 8223
      3282 8215 3267 8209 3263 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 226DEG 33KT 3244 8246

$$
1 follow-up statement
601 
WWUS52 KFFC 242218
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
518 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

GAC107-283-242228-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100124T2245Z/
TREUTLEN GA-EMANUEL GA-
518 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EMANUEL AND EASTERN TREUTLEN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SUSPECTED TO BE
PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3235 8241 3233 8253 3242 8264 3280 8223
      3282 8215 3267 8209 3263 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 226DEG 33KT 3256 8231

$$

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, 3:05 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Troup40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.