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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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
- Mar 26, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 8:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Byron, GA | A NWS ASSESSMENT TEAM DETERMINED WITH THE HELP OF THE COUNTY EM THAT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 75 MPH REMOVED 40 PERCENT OF THE ROOF OF THE DAYS INN MOTEL IN BYRON. A BILLBOARD ALSO SUSTAINED SOME MINOR DAMAGE. THE ROOF WAS A SECONDARY ROOF INSTALLED AFTER THE OR |
| Mar 26, 8:13 PM EDT | TORNADO | Centerville, GA | TORNADO REPORTED AT THE MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
354 WFUS52 KFFC 270000 TORFFC GAC021-079-153-225-289-319-270045- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0013.110327T0000Z-110327T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 800 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA EAST CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHEASTERN PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WEST CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BYRON... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTERVILLE...WARNER ROBINS AND JEFFERSONVILLE. 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 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3279 8330 3254 8332 3261 8388 3279 8388 TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 272DEG 37KT 3269 8376 $$
4 follow-up statements
057 WWUS52 KFFC 270009 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 809 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011 GAC021-079-153-225-289-319-270045- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110327T0045Z/ TWIGGS GA-PEACH GA-WILKINSON GA-BIBB GA-CRAWFORD GA-HOUSTON GA- 809 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...EAST CENTRAL CRAWFORD...SOUTHERN BIBB...WEST CENTRAL WILKINSON...NORTHEASTERN PEACH AND CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTIES... AT 804 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH DOPPLER RADAR STILL INDICATING A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARNER ROBINS...ELBERTA...ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE...HUBER...BULLARD... FITZPATRICK...MARION...RIPLEY...MYRICKS MILL...DISTRICT PATH AND JEFFERSONVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3279 8330 3254 8332 3261 8386 3278 8382 TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 272DEG 37KT 3269 8365 $$
676
WWUS52 KFFC 270019
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
819 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011
GAC079-225-270028-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110327T0045Z/
PEACH GA-CRAWFORD GA-
819 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CRAWFORD AND NORTHEASTERN
PEACH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.
IF YOU SAW 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 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3257 8356 3262 8372 3264 8373 3265 8373
3266 8371 3269 8370 3270 8374 3277 8375
3279 8330 3254 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 276DEG 26KT 3266 8366
$$
GAC021-153-289-319-270045-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110327T0045Z/
TWIGGS GA-WILKINSON GA-BIBB GA-HOUSTON GA-
819 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...SOUTHEASTERN BIBB...WEST CENTRAL WILKINSON AND
CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTIES...
AT 813 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW!
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARNER
ROBINS...ELBERTA...ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE...HUBER...BULLARD...
FITZPATRICK...MARION...RIPLEY...DISTRICT PATH...MYRICKS MILL AND
JEFFERSONVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE OR LARGE HAI...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT
1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3257 8356 3262 8372 3264 8373 3265 8373
3266 8371 3269 8370 3270 8374 3277 8375
3279 8330 3254 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 276DEG 26KT 3266 8366
$$677
WWUS52 KFFC 270030
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
830 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011
GAC021-153-319-270040-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110327T0045Z/
WILKINSON GA-BIBB GA-HOUSTON GA-
830 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...SOUTHEASTERN BIBB
AND WEST CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3261 8355 3264 8355 3266 8357 3274 8357
3276 8355 3279 8334 3272 8331 3254 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 263DEG 38KT 3268 8351
$$
GAC289-270045-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110327T0045Z/
TWIGGS GA-
830 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
TWIGGS COUNTY...
AT 827 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HUBER OR 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBINS AIR
FORCE BASE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MARION...FITZPATRICK...RIPLEY...DISTRICT PATH AND JEFFERSONVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3261 8355 3264 8355 3266 8357 3274 8357
3276 8355 3279 8334 3272 8331 3254 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 263DEG 38KT 3268 8351
$$794
WWUS52 KFFC 270044 RRA
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
844 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011
GAC289-270054-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110327T0045Z/
TWIGGS GA-
844 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. HEAVY RAIN
AND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 915 PM EST.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3261 8355 3264 8355 3266 8357 3274 8357
3276 8355 3279 8334 3272 8331 3254 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 263DEG 38KT 3270 8334
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Lumpkin, Union | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Wilkinson | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Gilmer, Pickens | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 9:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Polk | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton, Henry | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall, Jackson | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 60 min |
| Mar 26, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 1:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 2:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 29 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot, Troup, Upson | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 3:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Peach, Upson | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 6:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Jackson | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 6:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 7:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 7:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 46 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot, Upson | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 10:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, Upson | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 56 min |
| Mar 27, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 25 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.