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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 4:32 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Feb 28, 2011, 4:32 PM EST (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 4:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Cartersville, GA | BARTOW COUNTY EMA RELAYED A REPORT OF MANY TREES DOWN IN THE CARTERSVILLE AREA. |
| Feb 28, 4:48 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Woodstock, GA | CHEROKEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS POWER OUTAGES IN MOST OF WOODSTOCK. |
| Feb 28, 4:50 PM EST | HAIL 1.25 | 3 Ne Acworth, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL. |
| Feb 28, 4:51 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | Woodstock, GA | CHEROKEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED REPORT OF DIME SIZED HAIL AT HOBGOOD PARK IN WOODSTOCK. |
| Feb 28, 4:54 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Woodstock, GA | CHEROKEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED REPORTS ON 6 DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN WOODSTOCK. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 1:29 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
283
WFUS52 KFFC 282132
TORFFC
GAC015-057-067-223-282200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0001.110228T2132Z-110228T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
432 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 500 PM EST
* AT 430 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
CARTERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EMERSON...ACWORTH...WOODSTOCK AND HOLLY SPRINGS.
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.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...LEAVE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 EST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3419 8494 3421 8434 3417 8434 3417 8436
3413 8436 3410 8442 3404 8443 3403 8462
3404 8494 3408 8493 3409 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 272DEG 50KT 3414 8481
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 4:04 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 3:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 4:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 13 min |
| Feb 28, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 4:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 41 min |
| Feb 28, 5:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and 3 more | 44 min |
| Feb 28, 5:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 41 min |
| Feb 28, 5:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 39 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.