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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 12:06 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 28, 2011, 12:06 AM EDT (04:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 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 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. |
| Apr 28, 12:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Meansville, GA | MINOR DAMAGE TO HOUSE. 1 TREE DOWN ON THE HOUSE, 2 TREES DOWN ON A GARAGE. |
| Apr 28, 12:38 AM EDT | TORNADO | 3 S Meansville, GA | *** 2 FATAL *** A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF3 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 140 MPH CROSSED PIKE...LAMAR...MONROE AND BUTTS COUNTIES. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 1238 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING ALONG HIGHWAY 19 ABOUT 4 |
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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 46 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.
956
WFUS52 KFFC 280406
TORFFC
GAC145-199-231-263-293-280445-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0050.110428T0406Z-110428T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1206 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
* AT 1203 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A WELL DEFINED TORNADO ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARM
SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS NEAR MANCHESTER AND
WARM SPRINGS SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW!!
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARM
SPRINGS...MANCHESTER...WOODBURY...MOLENA...CONCORD...THOMASTON...
ZEBULON AND MEANSVILLE.
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 3292 8478 3315 8433 3300 8426 3300 8427
3299 8426 3289 8421 3278 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 248DEG 36KT 3285 8473
$$2 follow-up statements
817
WWUS52 KFFC 280416 RRA
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1216 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
GAC145-263-280425-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110428T0445Z/
TALBOT GA-HARRIS GA-
1216 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARRIS AND NORTHWESTERN
TALBOT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THESE AREAS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3315 8433 3311 8431 3300 8427 3299 8426
3293 8423 3286 8462 3296 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 245DEG 49KT 3291 8458
$$
GAC199-231-293-280445-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110428T0445Z/
PIKE GA-MERIWETHER GA-UPSON GA-
1216 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN UPSON...SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE
COUNTIES...
AT 1212 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A TORNADO WITH VERY STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES
NORTH OF MANCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WOODBURY...MOLENA...CREST...SUNNYSIDE...ATWATER...HANNAHS MILL...
LIFSEY SPRINGS...ZEBULON AND MEANSVILLE.
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 3315 8433 3311 8431 3300 8427 3299 8426
3293 8423 3286 8462 3296 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 245DEG 49KT 3291 8458
$$653
WWUS52 KFFC 280428
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1228 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
GAC199-280437-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110428T0445Z/
MERIWETHER GA-
1228 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
MODERATE RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE
FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO IN THIS AREA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3312 8431 3300 8427 3297 8425 3296 8425
3289 8451 3293 8453 3295 8452 3297 8454
3298 8452 3303 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 244DEG 45KT 3297 8443
$$
GAC231-293-280445-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110428T0445Z/
PIKE GA-UPSON GA-
1228 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN UPSON AND SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTIES...
AT 1226 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO
WAS BETWEEN CREST AND MOLENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ATWATER...LIFSEY SPRINGS...ZEBULON AND MEANSVILLE.
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 3312 8431 3300 8427 3297 8425 3296 8425
3289 8451 3293 8453 3295 8452 3297 8454
3298 8452 3303 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 244DEG 45KT 3297 8443
$$
19The 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, 11:29 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, 12:38 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.