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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 3:39 AM EDT for Harris County, Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 16, 2011, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harris County, GA, Talbot County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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.
| 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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.
598
WFUS52 KFFC 160739
TORFFC
GAC145-263-160815-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0022.110416T0739Z-110416T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
339 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 415 AM EDT
* AT 337 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
WAVERLY HALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHILOH AND WOODLAND.
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 3264 8501 3285 8473 3284 8470 3284 8457
3286 8452 3272 8448 3261 8468 3260 8491
3261 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 237DEG 37KT 3264 8488
$$2 follow-up statements
669
WWUS52 KFFC 160745
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
345 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
GAC145-263-160815-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110416T0815Z/
TALBOT GA-HARRIS GA-
345 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR EASTERN
HARRIS AND NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTIES...
AT 344 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CATAULA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAVERLY
HALL...BAUGHVILLE...OLIVE BRANCH...SHILOH...FLINT HILL AND WOODLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3261 8468 3260 8487 3271 8492 3285 8473
3284 8470 3284 8457 3286 8452 3272 8448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 231DEG 33KT 3270 8483
$$405
WWUS52 KFFC 160757
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
357 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
GAC145-263-160815-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110416T0815Z/
TALBOT GA-HARRIS GA-
357 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR EASTERN
HARRIS AND NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTIES...
AT 353 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WAVERLY HALL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OLIVE
BRANCH...SHILOH...FLINT HILL AND WOODLAND.
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 3261 8468 3261 8476 3278 8483 3285 8473
3284 8470 3284 8457 3286 8452 3272 8448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0757Z 231DEG 33KT 3276 8474
$$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, 2:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 50 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, 3:51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.