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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 7:54 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Oct 26, 2010, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2010, 8:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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
- 832 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
229
WFUS52 KFFC 262354
TORFFC
GAC055-295-270045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0033.101026T2354Z-101027T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
754 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 23 MILES WEST OF
TRION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAFAYETTE.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE OVER DEKALB COUNTY IN
ALABAMA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
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 TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3465 8550 3468 8548 3480 8525 3460 8510
3443 8550 3462 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 242DEG 34KT 3447 8566
$$2 follow-up statements
822
WWUS52 KFFC 270020
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
820 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
GAC055-295-270045-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-101027T0045Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-WALKER GA-
820 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
WALKER AND NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES...
AT 814 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTER
POST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LINWOOD...LAFAYETTE...SUTTLES MILL...NAOMI AND NOBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3452 8543 3455 8549 3461 8550 3468 8548
3480 8525 3460 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 242DEG 34KT 3458 8542
$$966
WWUS52 KFFC 270032
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
832 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
GAC055-295-270043-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-101027T0045Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-WALKER GA-
832 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WALKER AND NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA
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 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3452 8543 3455 8549 3461 8550 3468 8548
3480 8525 3460 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 242DEG 34KT 3465 8527
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 12 min |
| Oct 26, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 8 min |
| Oct 26, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 21 min |
| Oct 26, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 23 min |
| Oct 26, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 26 min |
| Oct 26, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Towns, Union | 39 min |
| Oct 26, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall | 26 min |
| Oct 26, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 49 min |
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.