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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 7:22 PM EDT for Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 6 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
- Apr 15, 2011, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hamilton, GA | HARRIS COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN EASTERN HARRIS COUNTY. TREE DAMAGE STARTED NEAR HIGHWAY 185 EXIT 19 AND CONTINUED EAST. |
| Apr 15, 7:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hamilton, GA | HARRIS COUNTY RELAYED A REPORT OF TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Apr 15, 7:44 PM EDT | HAIL 2.75 | Hamilton, GA | |
| Apr 15, 7:50 PM EDT | TORNADO 0 | 5 Sse Hamilton, GA | A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES SSE OF HAMILTON IN HARRIS COUNTY. THERE WERE ABOUT 10 TREES WITH CLIPPED CANOPIES ALONG WITH A DESTROYED GAZEBO AND STORAGE SHED. THE TORNADO HAD ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 75 MPH. THE |
| Apr 15, 7:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Hamilton, GA | TREES CRASHING DOWN |
| Apr 15, 7:57 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 E Pine Mountain Valle, GA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS52 KFFC 152322
TORFFC
GAC145-215-160000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0018.110415T2322Z-110416T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
722 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 22 MILES WEST OF
HAMILTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHILOH AND WAVERLY HALL.
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 MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3287 8475 3285 8471 3284 8470 3273 8468
3270 8470 3259 8470 3252 8490 3253 8503
3259 8509 3264 8511 3267 8510 3269 8513
3273 8512 3276 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 257DEG 30KT 3266 8521
$$1 follow-up statement
064
WWUS52 KFFC 152346
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
746 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011
GAC215-152355-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/
MUSCOGEE GA-
746 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MUSCOGEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTH OF MUSCOGEE
COUNTY....THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR MUSCOGEE
COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3287 8475 3285 8471 3284 8470 3280 8469
3259 8470 3262 8501 3278 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 259DEG 34KT 3271 8492
$$
GAC145-160000-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/
HARRIS GA-
746 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR HARRIS
COUNTY...
AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED NEAR MULBERRY GROVE...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CATAULA...HAMILTON...ELLERSLIE...PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY...F.D.
ROOSEVELT STATE PARK AND WAVERLY HALL.
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 MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3287 8475 3285 8471 3284 8470 3280 8469
3259 8470 3262 8501 3278 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 259DEG 34KT 3271 8492
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:12 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 18 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Lumpkin, Union | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding, Polk | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Paulding | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot | 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.