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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 10:09 PM EDT for Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min. 6 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, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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 27, 10:45 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 3 W Hillcrest, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3 MILES WEST OF HILLCREST IN TROUP COUNTY AROUND 1045 PM. IT TRACKED FOR 17 MILES THROUGH SOUTHEAST HEARD COUNTY TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANTVILLE IN COWETA COUNTY BEFORE LIFTING AROUND 1110 PM. PAT |
| Apr 27, 10:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Corinth, GA | HEARD COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF OVER A DOZEN DOWNED TREES IN THE CORINTH AREA. ONE TREE WAS DOWNED ONTO A HOUSE. |
| Apr 27, 10:58 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | Corinth, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3 MILES WEST OF HILLCREST IN TROUP COUNTY AROUND 1045 PM. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT TORNADO. IT TRACKED FOR 17 MILES THROUGH SOUTHEAST HEARD COUNTY TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANTVILLE IN COWETA C |
| Apr 27, 11:02 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Lagrange, GA | TROUP COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND POWER OUTAGES ON LAFAYETTE PKWY IN LAGRANGE. |
| Apr 27, 11:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Lagrange, GA | TROUP COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOUSE ON MURPHY ROAD. |
| Apr 27, 11:20 PM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 5 S Lagrange, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAGRANGE AT 1120 PM EDT. IT TRACKED FOR 7 MILES BEFORE LIFTING 6 MILES EAST OF LAGRANGE AT 1130 PM. PATH LENGTH WAS 7 MILES WITH WIDTH UP TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. 15 HOMES DESTROYED |
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, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.
934
WFUS52 KFFC 280209
TORFFC
GAC149-285-280315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0041.110428T0209Z-110428T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1009 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 1005 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A TORNADO 30 MILES WEST OF LAGRANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HOGANSVILLE AND CORINTH.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3331 8497 3328 8495 3324 8495 3322 8491
3310 8486 3294 8486 3289 8520 3316 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 240DEG 39KT 3291 8552
$$4 follow-up statements
046
WWUS52 KFFC 280218
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1018 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC149-285-280315-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110428T0315Z/
TROUP GA-HEARD GA-
1018 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HEARD AND TROUP COUNTIES...
AT 1014 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
PIEDMONT HEIGHTS OR 18 MILES WEST OF LAGRANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STATE
LINE PARK...LONG CANE...ABBOTTSFORD...CANNONVILLE...GLENN...BAUGHS
CROSSROADS...SMITHS CROSSROAD...WARES CROSSROADS...LAGRANGE...
HILLCREST...BIG SPRINGS...HARRISONVILLE...LOUISE...MOUNTVILLE...
HOGANSVILLE AND CORINTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3331 8497 3328 8495 3324 8495 3322 8491
3310 8486 3294 8486 3289 8520 3316 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 244DEG 43KT 3296 8537
$$848
WWUS52 KFFC 280231
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1031 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC149-285-280315-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110428T0315Z/
TROUP GA-HEARD GA-
1031 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HEARD AND NORTHERN TROUP COUNTIES...
AT 1029 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A TORNADO WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST
OF STATE LINE PARK OR 12 MILES WEST OF LA GRANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PIEDMONT HEIGHTS...ABBOTTSFORD...GLENN...LAGRANGE...WARES
CROSSROADS...HILLCREST...LOUISE...HARRISONVILLE...MOUNTVILLE...
HOGANSVILLE AND CORINTH.
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 3331 8497 3328 8495 3324 8495 3322 8491
3318 8489 3309 8487 3304 8487 3295 8520
3316 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 239DEG 36KT 3303 8527
$$114
WWUS52 KFFC 280242
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1042 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC149-285-280315-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110428T0315Z/
TROUP GA-HEARD GA-
1042 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HEARD AND NORTHERN TROUP COUNTIES...
AT 1037 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ABBOTTSFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WHICH
MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAFAYETTE ALABAMA OR 10 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF PIEDMONT HEIGHTS...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GLENN...LAGRANGE...WARES CROSSROADS...HILLCREST...LOUISE...
MOUNTVILLE...HARRISONVILLE...HOGANSVILLE AND CORINTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3331 8497 3325 8496 3322 8493 3322 8491
3318 8489 3309 8487 3304 8487 3296 8520
3316 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 225DEG 33KT 3310 8520
$$904
WWUS52 KFFC 280252
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1052 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC149-285-280315-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110428T0315Z/
TROUP GA-HEARD GA-
1052 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HEARD AND NORTHERN TROUP COUNTIES...
AT 1046 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF
WARES CROSSROADS OR 10 MILES NORTH OF LAGRANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE ALABAMA ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LOUISE...MOUNTVILLE...HARRISONVILLE...HOGANSVILLE AND CORINTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 3331 8497 3325 8496 3322 8493 3322 8491
3318 8489 3309 8487 3304 8487 3296 8520
3316 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 231DEG 36KT 3316 8508
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Polk | 62 min |
| 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, 10:28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.