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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 8:13 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 min. 8 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 27, 2011, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:45 PM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 6 Ssw Cave Spring, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED ENTERED THE STATE FROM ALABAMA AT 845 PM EDT...TRACKING THROUGH POLK...FLOYD...AND BARTOW COUNTIES. IT LIFTED AROUND 911 PM. PATH LENGTH 26 MILES AND ONE HALF MILE WIDE. 10 CHICKEN HOUSES DESTROYED AND MORE TH |
| Apr 27, 8:49 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Coosa, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER-SIZED AND LARGER HAIL. |
| Apr 27, 8:50 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Cave Spring, GA | FLOYD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS A HOUSE COMPLETELY DESTROYED NEAR CAVE SPRING. |
| Apr 27, 8:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sw Lindale, GA | FLOYD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS HALF OF A HOUSE DESTROYED AND TWO MISSING TRAILERS. |
| Apr 27, 8:57 PM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 5 Sw Lindale, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED ENTERED THE STATE FROM ALABAMA AT 845 PM EDT...TRACKING THROUGH POLK...FLOYD...AND BARTOW COUNTIES. IT LIFTED AROUND 911 PM. PATH LENGTH 26 MILES AND ONE HALF MILE WIDE. 10 CHICKEN HOUSES DESTROYED AND MORE TH |
| Apr 27, 8:58 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Lindale, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTING QUARTER-SIZED HAIL IN LINDALE. |
| Apr 27, 9:04 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Rome, GA | FLOYD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN DOWNTOWN ROME. |
| Apr 27, 9:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Cave Spring, GA | AMATEUR RADIO RELAYED REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ON A HOUSE WITH A PERSON TRAPPED INSIDE. |
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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 15.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
314
WFUS52 KFFC 280013
TORFFC
GAC055-115-233-280115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0034.110428T0013Z-110428T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
813 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 808 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 38
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAVE SPRING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CEDARTOWN...ROME AND SHANNON.
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!
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 3453 8512 3447 8509 3446 8511 3444 8509
3440 8511 3440 8505 3435 8502 3425 8501
3422 8503 3421 8505 3409 8505 3408 8499
3396 8540 3431 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 243DEG 57KT 3392 8589
$$4 follow-up statements
713
WWUS52 KFFC 280031
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
831 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC055-115-233-280115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110428T0115Z/
POLK GA-CHATTOOGA GA-FLOYD GA-
831 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR FLOYD...
SOUTHEASTERN CHATTOOGA AND NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES...
AT 829 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF ETNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAVE
SPRING...CEDARTOWN...COOSA...HOLLAND...SENEY...LINDALE...ROME...
TIDINGS...ARMUCHEE...SHANNON...PINSON AND EVERETT SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3453 8512 3447 8509 3446 8511 3444 8509
3440 8511 3440 8505 3435 8502 3425 8501
3422 8503 3421 8505 3409 8505 3408 8499
3396 8540 3431 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 245DEG 51KT 3403 8560
$$406
WWUS52 KFFC 280046
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
846 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC055-115-233-280115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110428T0115Z/
POLK GA-CHATTOOGA GA-FLOYD GA-
846 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR FLOYD...
SOUTHEASTERN CHATTOOGA AND NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES...
AT 843 PM EDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF A LARGE AND DANGEROUS TORNADO ON
THE GROUND. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF ETNA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH TO AFFECT CAVE SPRING.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAVE
SPRING...CEDARTOWN...COOSA...HOLLAND...SENEY...LINDALE...ROME...
TIDINGS...ARMUCHEE...SHANNON...PINSON AND EVERETT SPRINGS.
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!
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 3453 8512 3447 8509 3446 8511 3444 8509
3440 8511 3440 8505 3435 8502 3425 8501
3422 8503 3421 8505 3409 8505 3408 8499
3396 8540 3431 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 245DEG 51KT 3409 8540
$$558
WWUS52 KFFC 280049
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
849 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC055-115-233-280115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110428T0115Z/
POLK GA-CHATTOOGA GA-FLOYD GA-
849 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR FLOYD...
SOUTHEASTERN CHATTOOGA AND NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES...
AT 848 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR
CAVE SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COOSA...HOLLAND...LINDALE...SENEY...ROME...TIDINGS...ARMUCHEE...
SHANNON...PINSON AND EVERETT SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3453 8512 3447 8509 3446 8511 3444 8509
3440 8511 3440 8505 3435 8502 3425 8501
3422 8503 3421 8505 3409 8505 3408 8499
3396 8540 3431 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 248DEG 50KT 3413 8533
$$497
WWUS52 KFFC 280101
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
901 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC055-115-233-280115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110428T0115Z/
POLK GA-CHATTOOGA GA-FLOYD GA-
901 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR FLOYD...
EAST CENTRAL CHATTOOGA AND NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES...
AT 857 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LINDALE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROME...
ARMUCHEE...SHANNON...PINSON AND EVERETT SPRINGS.
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!
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 3453 8512 3447 8509 3446 8511 3444 8509
3440 8511 3440 8505 3435 8502 3425 8502
3418 8505 3409 8505 3408 8499 3406 8531
3425 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 248DEG 50KT 3418 8517
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Murray | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Paulding, Pickens | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 9:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 9:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Lumpkin and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 9:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 10:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Polk | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 10:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 21 min |
| Apr 27, 10:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 11:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 11:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 11:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 11:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 11:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 11:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 11:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 12:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 12:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 12:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 12:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 1:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 1:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Monroe, Putnam | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 1:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 1:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 2:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Putnam, Upson | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 2:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 2:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 3:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 3:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 3:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Warren | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 4:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jones | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 4:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Warren | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 4:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren, Washington, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 10:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 33 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.