Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 6:14 AM EDT for Baldwin County, Jones County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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, 6:14 AM EDT (10:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jones County, GA, Putnam County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:22 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Macon, GA | ONE POWER LINE DOWN. |
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 16, 5:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
161
WFUS52 KFFC 161014
TORFFC
GAC009-169-237-161100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0025.110416T1014Z-110416T1100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
614 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT
* AT 613 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GRAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MILLEDGEVILLE.
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 100 PM EDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3308 8312 3288 8359 3289 8366 3293 8370
3304 8373 3337 8324 3330 8318 3328 8323
3326 8323 3326 8325 3319 8327 3315 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 1014Z 237DEG 46KT 3292 8373
$$2 follow-up statements
504
WWUS52 KFFC 161040
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
640 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
GAC009-169-237-161100-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110416T1100Z/
PUTNAM GA-JONES GA-BALDWIN GA-
640 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN...JONES AND SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 636 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HADDOCK...BLOUNTSVILLE...ETHRIDGE...BROWNS CROSSING...RESSEAUS
CROSSROADS...ALLENWOOD...MERIWETHER...FLAT ROCK...HARDWICK...
UNDERWOOD...MILLEDGEVILLE...ROCKVILLE AND PLANT HARLEE BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3308 8312 3290 8356 3308 8367 3337 8324
3330 8318 3328 8323 3326 8323 3326 8325
3319 8327 3315 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 1040Z 240DEG 38KT 3301 8349
$$976
WWUS52 KFFC 161052
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
652 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
GAC009-169-237-161100-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110416T1100Z/
PUTNAM GA-JONES GA-BALDWIN GA-
652 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN...NORTHEASTERN JONES AND SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM
COUNTIES...
AT 650 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADIC CIRCULATION. ALTHOUGH THE CIRCULATION HAS
WEAKENED...THE THREAT OF A TORNADO IS STILL PRESENT. THIS
CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNS CROSSING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RESSEAUS CROSSROADS...FLAT ROCK...ALLENWOOD...HARDWICK...UNDERWOOD...
MERIWETHER...MILLEDGEVILLE...ROCKVILLE AND PLANT HARLEE BRANCH.
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 100 PM EDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3308 8312 3296 8342 3314 8357 3337 8324
3330 8318 3328 8323 3326 8323 3326 8325
3319 8327 3315 8312 3312 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 1051Z 240DEG 35KT 3307 8339
$$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, 3:39 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, 6:26 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.