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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 7:32 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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 27, 2011, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:50 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | Rising Fawn, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED AN EF1 TORNADO TRACKED ACROSS DADE COUNTY FROM NEAR FOX MOUNTAIN TO RISING FAWN. PATH LENGTH WAS 3 MILES AND WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS. |
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 27, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 748 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 460 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS52 KFFC 272332
TORFFC
GAC055-083-295-280015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0032.110427T2332Z-110428T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
732 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 29 MILES WEST OF
TRION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAFAYETTE AND CHICKAMAUGA.
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 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3486 8526 3485 8524 3456 8525 3449 8551
3453 8552 3477 8557 3496 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 238DEG 56KT 3453 8575
$$2 follow-up statements
012
WWUS52 KFFC 272346
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
746 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC055-083-295-280015-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110428T0015Z/
WALKER GA-CHATTOOGA GA-DADE GA-
746 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
DADE...NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA AND WESTERN WALKER COUNTIES...
AT 743 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CLOUDLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RISING
FAWN...CENTER POST...CEDAR GROVE...CLOUDLAND CANYON STATE PARK...
COOPER HEIGHTS...LINWOOD...LAFAYETTE...CHICKAMAUGA AND FAIRVIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3486 8526 3485 8524 3456 8525 3449 8551
3453 8552 3477 8557 3496 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 235DEG 50KT 3464 8560
$$233
WWUS52 KFFC 280002
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
802 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC055-280011-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110428T0015Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-
802 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM HAS REMAINED NORTH OF THE
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 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3496 8527 3486 8526 3484 8525 3468 8525
3465 8550 3477 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 235DEG 50KT 3476 8539
$$
GAC083-295-280015-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110428T0015Z/
WALKER GA-DADE GA-
802 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL DADE AND WESTERN WALKER COUNTIES...
AT 757 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR GROVE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COOPER
HEIGHTS...LAFAYETTE...LINWOOD...CHICKAMAUGA AND FAIRVIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3496 8527 3486 8526 3484 8525 3468 8525
3465 8550 3477 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 235DEG 50KT 3476 8539
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 8:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 8:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 8:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 8:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 5 more | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 8:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 8:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 8:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 9:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 16 min |
| Apr 27, 9:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 5:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 11 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 46 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.