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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 2:10 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 4 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 16, 2011, 2:10 AM EDT (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 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 16, 2:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Douglasville, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON RILEY ROAD AND HIGHWAY 5. ROOF GAVE IN AT 6602 BANKHEAD HIGHWAY. |
| Apr 16, 2:39 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Vinings, GA | PUBLIC REPORTS A SIGN TORN DOWN AT A STRIP MALL ON COBB PARKWAY IN VININGS ALONG WITH A DOWNED TREE IN A NEIGHBORING PARKING LOT. |
| Apr 16, 2:45 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Austell, GA | AT LEAST 11 TREES DOWN...4 ON HOUSES. PORTION OF ROOF TORN OFF AT BJ WAREHOUSE BUILDING ON EAST WEST CONNECTOR. |
| Apr 16, 2:49 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | Smyrna, GA | REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF KINGS SPRING ROAD AND SOUTH COBB DRIVE. 52 MPH WIND GUST ALSO RECORDED. |
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, 9:12 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 566 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
566
WFUS52 KFFC 160610
TORFFC
GAC045-067-097-121-223-160700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0021.110416T0610Z-110416T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
210 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EAST CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT
* AT 206 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
WHITESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...DOUGLASVILLE...LITHIA SPRINGS...
AUSTELL...POWDER SPRINGS...SMYRNA...MARIETTA AND BUCKHEAD.
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 600 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3402 8454 3384 8436 3351 8481 3351 8485
3350 8485 3348 8489 3345 8492 3357 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 228DEG 48KT 3358 8488
$$3 follow-up statements
129
WWUS52 KFFC 160618
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
218 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
GAC045-160628-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110416T0700Z/
CARROLL GA-
218 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED
OUT OF CARROLL COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3374 8449 3372 8453 3357 8474 3357 8482
3358 8491 3359 8490 3370 8490 3402 8454
3384 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0618Z 225DEG 42KT 3365 8481
$$
GAC067-097-121-223-160700-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110416T0700Z/
PAULDING GA-COBB GA-DOUGLAS GA-FULTON GA-
218 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
FULTON...DOUGLAS...COBB AND SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTIES...
AT 215 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRPLAY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BILL
ARP...WINSTON...CHAPEL HILL...CAMPBELLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
BROWNSVILLE...SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK...LITHIA SPRINGS...
AUSTELL...POWDER SPRINGS...SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA...MABLETON...
BANKHEAD...JIM R MILLER PARK...BOLTON...SMYRNA...VININGS...DOBBINS
AIR RESERVE BASE...MARIETTA...BUCKHEAD AND WHITE WATER PARK.
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 600 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3374 8449 3372 8453 3357 8474 3357 8482
3358 8491 3359 8490 3370 8490 3402 8454
3384 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0618Z 225DEG 42KT 3365 8481
$$436
WWUS52 KFFC 160627
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
227 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
GAC067-097-121-223-160700-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110416T0700Z/
PAULDING GA-COBB GA-DOUGLAS GA-FULTON GA-
227 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
FULTON...NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS...COBB AND SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING
COUNTIES...
AT 225 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BILL ARP...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHAPEL
HILL...CAMPBELLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...SWEETWATER CREEK
STATE PARK...SANDTOWN...LITHIA SPRINGS...AUSTELL...POWDER SPRINGS...
SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA...MABLETON...BANKHEAD...JIM R MILLER PARK...
BOLTON...SMYRNA...VININGS...DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE...MARIETTA...
BUCKHEAD AND WHITE WATER PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3374 8449 3372 8453 3359 8471 3373 8487
3402 8454 3384 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 226DEG 36KT 3370 8475
$$824
WWUS52 KFFC 160644
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
244 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
GAC097-121-223-160654-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110416T0700Z/
PAULDING GA-DOUGLAS GA-FULTON GA-
244 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FULTON...NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTIES...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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 600 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3402 8454 3392 8444 3391 8445 3388 8444
3385 8446 3383 8445 3375 8458 3380 8462
3381 8472 3385 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0644Z 225DEG 38KT 3391 8457
$$
GAC067-160700-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110416T0700Z/
COBB GA-
244 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR COBB
COUNTY...
AT 239 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JIM R MILLER
PARK...JUST EAST OF POWDER SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SMYRNA...VININGS...DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE...MARIETTA AND WHITE
WATER PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3402 8454 3392 8444 3391 8445 3388 8444
3385 8446 3383 8445 3375 8458 3380 8462
3381 8472 3385 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0644Z 225DEG 38KT 3391 8457
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 10:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 40 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 14 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 34 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 1:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 1:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fulton, Meriwether | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 2:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Newton and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 2:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 3:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 3:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 3:35 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 3:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 4:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 4:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 4:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 5:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 5:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, Taylor | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 6:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Putnam | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 6:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 64 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.