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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 11:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 10 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, 11:29 PM EDT (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 11:50 PM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 2 Nw Pine Mountain Vall, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAN AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN HARRIS COUNTY. IT TRACKED FOR 24 MILES BEFORE LIFTING AROUND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMASTON AT APPROXIMATELY 1225 AM EDT. WIDTH AVERAGED AROUND HALF A MILE. THOUSANDS OF TREES SNAPPED OR UPRO |
| Apr 27, 11:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Hamilton, GA | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED REPORTS OF A DOWNED OAK TREE DESTROYING A HOME ON G STREET IN HAMILTON. |
| Apr 27, 11:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Hamilton, GA | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED REPORTS OF A CAR AND A HOUSE FLIPPED ON GA HWY 354 EAST OF HAMILTON. |
| Apr 27, 11:55 PM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 4 Ne Hamilton, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAN AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN HARRIS COUNTY AROUND 1150 PM. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT TORNADO. IT TRACKED FOR 24 MILES BEFORE LIFTING AROUND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMASTON AT APPROXIMATELY 1225 AM EDT. WIDTH AVERAGED |
| Apr 28, 12:07 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Warm Springs, GA | AMATEUR RADIO RELAYED REPORTS OF SEVERAL DOWNED TREES SOUTH OF WARM SPRINGS. |
| Apr 28, 12:07 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 2 S Warm Springs, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAN AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN HARRIS COUNTY AROUND 1150 PM EDT. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT TORNADO. IT TRACKED FOR 24 MILES BEFORE LIFTING AROUND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMASTON AT APPROXIMATELY 1225 AM EDT. WIDTH AVER |
| Apr 28, 12:07 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | Warm Springs, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAN AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN HARRIS COUNTY AROUND 1150 PM EDT. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT TORNADO. IT TRACKED FOR 24 MILES BEFORE LIFTING AROUND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMASTON AT APPROXIMATELY 1225 AM EDT. WIDTH AVER |
| Apr 28, 12:07 AM EDT | TORNADO | Warm Springs, GA | BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED THAT THE ROOF WAS MISSING FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WARM SPRINGS. |
| Apr 28, 12:09 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 1 Wnw Warm Springs, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAN AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN HARRIS COUNTY AROUND 1150 PM EDT. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT TORNADO. IT TRACKED FOR 24 MILES BEFORE LIFTING AROUND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMASTON AT APPROXIMATELY 1225 AM EDT. WIDTH AVER |
| Apr 28, 12:09 AM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Warm Springs, GA | MERIWETHER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS DAMAGE ALONG THE 4000 BLOCK OF ROOSEVELT RD AND 5000 BLOCK OF MT CARMEL RD. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE DOWNED AND 5000 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER. |
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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.
364
WFUS52 KFFC 280329
TORFFC
GAC145-199-263-285-280415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0046.110428T0329Z-110428T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1129 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 1126 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
LAKE HARDING OR 20 MILES WEST OF HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE
MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY GARDENS...SHILOH...WARM SPRINGS...MANCHESTER AND
WOODLAND.
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 3305 8467 3279 8452 3262 8509 3264 8511
3267 8510 3269 8513 3273 8512 3275 8515
3278 8514 3280 8516 3281 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 240DEG 49KT 3266 8519
$$2 follow-up statements
815
WWUS52 KFFC 280345
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1145 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
GAC145-199-263-285-280415-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110428T0415Z/
TROUP GA-TALBOT GA-MERIWETHER GA-HARRIS GA-
1145 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
HARRIS...SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER...NORTHWESTERN TALBOT AND
SOUTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTIES...
AT 1140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LIKELY TORNADO LOCATED NEAR MOUNTAIN HILL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONES
CROSSROADS...HAMILTON...PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PINE MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY
GARDENS...F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE PARK...STOVALL...DURAND...SHILOH...
FLINT HILL...WARM SPRINGS...HARRIS CITY...MANCHESTER...WOODLAND...
GREENVILLE AND RALEIGH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3305 8467 3279 8452 3262 8509 3264 8511
3267 8510 3269 8513 3273 8512 3275 8515
3278 8514 3280 8516 3281 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 241DEG 44KT 3275 8500
$$324 WWUS52 KFFC 280353 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1153 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 GAC145-199-263-285-280415- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110428T0415Z/ TROUP GA-TALBOT GA-MERIWETHER GA-HARRIS GA- 1153 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN HARRIS...SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER...NORTHWESTERN TALBOT AND SOUTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTIES... AT 1149 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION...LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THERE IS LIKELY A TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTHWEST OF HAMILTON. THE F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE PARK IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PINE MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY GARDENS...F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE PARK...DURAND...SHILOH...FLINT HILL...WARM SPRINGS...HARRIS CITY...MANCHESTER...WOODLAND AND RALEIGH. 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 3305 8467 3279 8452 3270 8495 3282 8501 TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 241DEG 44KT 3280 8490 $$
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, 11:08 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, 11:35 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.