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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 11:08 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 27, 2011, 11:08 PM EDT (03:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 11:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Heard County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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 27, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 24 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.
557
WFUS52 KFFC 280308
TORFFC
GAC077-113-121-149-280400-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0044.110428T0308Z-110428T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1108 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
EAST CENTRAL HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
* AT 1107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CORINTH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GRANTVILLE...MORELAND...NEWNAN...TURIN...SHARPSBURG...PEACHTREE
CITY...PALMETTO...TYRONE...FAYETTEVILLE...FAIRBURN AND UNION CITY.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3328 8504 3367 8456 3351 8442 3350 8442
3346 8438 3342 8440 3324 8478 3322 8485
3320 8487 3322 8486 3323 8493 3320 8500
3327 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 228DEG 40KT 3326 8493
$$4 follow-up statements
202
WWUS52 KFFC 280317
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1117 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC149-280327-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110428T0400Z/
HEARD GA-
1117 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HEARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED HEARD COUNTY..
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3367 8456 3351 8442 3350 8442 3346 8438
3342 8441 3324 8478 3322 8485 3320 8487
3322 8486 3323 8494 3325 8495 3328 8495
3329 8497 3333 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 227DEG 38KT 3332 8485
$$
GAC077-113-121-280400-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110428T0400Z/
COWETA GA-FAYETTE GA-FULTON GA-
1117 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL FULTON...NORTHERN FAYETTE AND COWETA COUNTIES...
AT 1112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANTVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MORELAND...ARNCO-SARGENT...NEWNAN...TURIN...SHARPSBURG...MADRAS...
THOMAS CROSSROADS...PEACHTREE CITY...CANNONGATE...PALMETTO...
TYRONE...SANDY CREEK...FAYETTEVILLE...FAIRBURN...UNION CITY AND
KENWOOD.
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 FIRST 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 3367 8456 3351 8442 3350 8442 3346 8438
3342 8441 3324 8478 3322 8485 3320 8487
3322 8486 3323 8494 3325 8495 3328 8495
3329 8497 3333 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 227DEG 38KT 3332 8485
$$628
WWUS52 KFFC 280319
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1119 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC077-113-121-149-280400-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110428T0400Z/
COWETA GA-FAYETTE GA-HEARD GA-FULTON GA-
1119 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL FULTON...EAST CENTRAL HEARD...NORTHERN FAYETTE AND COWETA
COUNTIES...
AT 1117 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NEWNAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MORELAND...ARNCO-SARGENT...NEWNAN...TURIN...SHARPSBURG...MADRAS...
THOMAS CROSSROADS...PEACHTREE CITY...CANNONGATE...PALMETTO...
TYRONE...SANDY CREEK...FAYETTEVILLE...FAIRBURN...UNION CITY AND
KENWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3328 8504 3367 8456 3351 8442 3350 8442
3346 8438 3342 8440 3324 8478 3322 8485
3320 8487 3322 8486 3323 8493 3320 8500
3327 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 226DEG 32KT 3331 8486
$$883
WWUS52 KFFC 280327
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1127 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC149-280337-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110428T0400Z/
HEARD GA-
1127 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HEARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED HEARD 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 3367 8456 3351 8442 3349 8442 3346 8438
3342 8440 3326 8488 3335 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 226DEG 32KT 3337 8479
$$
GAC077-113-121-280400-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110428T0400Z/
COWETA GA-FAYETTE GA-FULTON GA-
1127 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL FULTON...NORTHERN FAYETTE AND CENTRAL COWETA COUNTIES...
AT 1126 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWNAN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHARPSBURG...MADRAS...THOMAS CROSSROADS...PEACHTREE CITY...
CANNONGATE...PALMETTO...TYRONE...SANDY CREEK...FAYETTEVILLE...
FAIRBURN...UNION CITY AND KENWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3367 8456 3351 8442 3349 8442 3346 8438
3342 8440 3326 8488 3335 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 226DEG 32KT 3337 8479
$$997
WWUS52 KFFC 280342
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1142 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC077-113-121-280352-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110428T0400Z/
COWETA GA-FAYETTE GA-FULTON GA-
1142 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FULTON...NORTHERN FAYETTE
AND CENTRAL COWETA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PEACHTREE CITY...CANNONGATE...PALMETTO...TYRONE...SANDY CREEK...
FAYETTEVILLE...FAIRBURN AND UNION CITY.
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SUSPECTED TO BE
PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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 3367 8456 3351 8442 3349 8442 3346 8438
3342 8440 3326 8488 3335 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 226DEG 32KT 3346 8467
$$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, 10:09 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, 11:15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.