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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 24, 2010Clarke County, Jackson County, Madison County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 24, 2010, 7:32 PM EST for Clarke County, Jackson County, Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 7:32 PM EST (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2010, 8:00 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clarke County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Madison County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 24, 5:18 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 00:00Z on 2010-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2010-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -149 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

328 
WFUS52 KFFC 250032
TORFFC
GAC059-157-195-250100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0005.100125T0032Z-100125T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 726 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HULL...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  COLBERT...DANIELSVILLE AND ILA.

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 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3423 8307 3417 8309 3416 8307 3392 8333
      3403 8350 3427 8329 3425 8325 3425 8317
      3427 8313 3427 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 218DEG 47KT 3407 8332

$$
1 follow-up statement
273 
WWUS52 KFFC 250058
SVSFFC

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

GAC059-157-195-250106-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100125T0100Z/
CLARKE GA-MADISON GA-JACKSON GA-
758 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...MADISON AND
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 800 PM EST...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER 
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. 

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 3423 8307 3417 8309 3416 8307 3392 8333
      3403 8350 3427 8329 3425 8325 3425 8317
      3427 8313 3427 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 218DEG 47KT 3433 8307

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 7:07 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett4 hr
Jan 24, 7:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCPolk8 hr
Jan 24, 8:16 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton15 hr
Jan 24, 9:14 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb114 min
Jan 24, 9:14 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCoweta6 days
Jan 24, 9:48 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale30 hr
Jan 25, 12:09 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard23 hr
Jan 25, 12:09 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Spalding29 hr
Jan 25, 1:14 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCElbert, Madison, Oglethorpe32 hr
Jan 25, 1:26 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCHaralson18 hr
Jan 25, 1:30 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattooga15 hr
Jan 25, 3:50 AM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 84 more14 hr
Jan 25, 4:01 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield31 hr
Jan 25, 4:27 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs4 days
Jan 25, 5:03 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette11 hr
Jan 25, 5:03 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Spalding28 hr
Jan 25, 5:59 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette5 hr
Jan 25, 6:41 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon67 hr
Jan 25, 6:41 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd46 hr
Jan 25, 6:41 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson32 hr
Jan 25, 6:48 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd28 hr
Jan 25, 10:50 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield60 hr
Jan 25, 10:50 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCButts, Henry, Newton22 hr
Jan 25, 3:05 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale14 hr
Jan 25, 3:37 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Spalding17 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.