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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 8:14 PM EST for Haralson County, Paulding County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 7 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:14 PM EST (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 8:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Buchanan, GA | AMATEUR RADIO RELAYED PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO REPORTS OF A COLLAPSED HOUSE NEAR BETHEL CHURCH ROAD AND US 27 IN HARALSON COUNTY. |
| Mar 2, 8:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Eubank Lake, GA | HARALSON COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES EAST OF FELTON AROUND 825 PM EST. |
| Mar 2, 8:25 PM EST | TORNADO 3 | 3 Wsw Eubank Lake, GA | HARALSON COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES EAST OF FELTON AROUND 825 PM EST. THIS IS DAMAGE ASSOCAITED WITH THE HARALSON/PAULDING COUNTY TORNADO. SEE THE 809 PM LSR FOR MORE DETAILS. |
| Mar 2, 8:28 PM EST | TORNADO 2 | Yorkville, GA | THE HARALSON TORNADO ENTERED NW PAULDING COUNTY NEAR YORKVILLE AROUND 828 PM. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE CLOSED TO DUE DEBRIS. THREE MILES SOUTH OF YORKVILLE THERE WAS AN OVERTURNED RV AND A BOX TRUCK WAS IMPALED BY A 2 BY 4. A HANGER WAS DESTROYED AT THE AIRPORT. FO |
| Mar 2, 8:35 PM EST | TORNADO | Yorkville, GA | AMATEUR RADIO RELAYED A SPOTTER REPORT OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR YORKVILLE...OFF OLD YORKVILLE ROAD. DUAL POL RADAR DATA CONTINUES TO SHOW DEBRIS SIGNATURES WITH THIS STORM. |
| Mar 2, 8:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Dallas, GA | PAULDING COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES IN THE AREA 4 MILES WEST OF DALLAS AND TO THE AREA AROUND THE PAULDING COUNTY-NORTHWEST ATLANTA AIRPORT. |
| Mar 2, 8:40 PM EST | TORNADO 2 | 4 W Dallas, GA | PAULDING COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES IN THE AREA 4 MILES WEST OF DALLAS AND TO THE AREA AROUND THE PAULDING COUNTY-NORTHWEST ATLANTA AIRPORT. NWS SURVEY CREWS DETERMINED THIS DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO THAT TRACKED ACROSS PAULDING |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:37 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
865 WFUS52 KFFC 030114 TORFFC GAC143-223-233-030200- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0017.120303T0114Z-120303T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 814 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 900 PM EST * AT 809 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONFIRMED A TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKMART...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRASWELL. 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...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3406 8490 3388 8488 3377 8532 3395 8536 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 258DEG 35KT 3388 8523 $$
4 follow-up statements
557 WWUS52 KFFC 030119 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 819 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 GAC143-223-233-030200- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120303T0200Z/ POLK GA-PAULDING GA-HARALSON GA- 819 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR NORTHERN HARALSON...WEST CENTRAL PAULDING AND SOUTHERN POLK COUNTIES... AT 814 PM EST...DEBRIS CONTINUED TO SHOW DEBRIS FROM A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FELTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ANTIOCH...EUBANK LAKE...VAN WERT...ROCKMART...YORKVILLE AND BRASWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3406 8490 3388 8488 3377 8532 3395 8536 TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 256DEG 32KT 3389 8519 $$
430 WWUS52 KFFC 030124 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 824 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 GAC143-223-233-030200- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120303T0200Z/ POLK GA-PAULDING GA-HARALSON GA- 824 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN HARALSON...WEST CENTRAL PAULDING AND SOUTHERN POLK COUNTIES... AT 818 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW DEBRIS FROM A CONFIRMED TORNADO THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FELTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EUBANK LAKE...VAN WERT...ROCKMART...YORKVILLE AND BRASWELL. 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...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3381 8524 3396 8530 3406 8490 3388 8488 TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 256DEG 32KT 3390 8515 $$
757 WWUS52 KFFC 030132 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 832 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 GAC143-223-233-030200- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120303T0200Z/ POLK GA-PAULDING GA-HARALSON GA- 832 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN HARALSON...WEST CENTRAL PAULDING AND SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES... AT 828 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW DEBRIS FROM A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF EUBANK LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKMART...YORKVILLE AND BRASWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3386 8513 3398 8515 3406 8490 3388 8488 TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 257DEG 40KT 3392 8503 $$
528 WWUS52 KFFC 030146 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 846 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 GAC143-233-030155- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120303T0200Z/ POLK GA-HARALSON GA- 846 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARALSON AND SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3387 8494 3404 8494 3406 8490 3388 8488 TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 257DEG 40KT 3396 8483 $$ GAC223-030200- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120303T0200Z/ PAULDING GA- 846 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR CENTRAL PAULDING COUNTY... AT 842 PM EST...PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO AND CONFIRMED BY DOPPLER RADAR. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED WEST OF NEW HOPE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3387 8494 3404 8494 3406 8490 3388 8488 TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 257DEG 40KT 3396 8483 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 7:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 7:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 7:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 8:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 8:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 8:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 8:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 53 min |
| Mar 2, 9:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 1 more | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 9:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 9:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 9:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 10:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 10:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 43 min |
| Mar 2, 10:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 52 min |
| Mar 2, 10:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 10:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 10:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 10:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, White | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 10:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 11:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 14 min |
| Mar 2, 11:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 12:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 12:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 12:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 39 min |
| Mar 3, 12:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 11 min |
| Mar 3, 1:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 1:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 1:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 min |
| Mar 3, 1:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 1:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 1:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 1:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 1:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 2:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 2:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 20 min |
| Mar 3, 2:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 2:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 2:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 41 min |
| Mar 3, 2:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 3:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Oconee | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 3:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 14 min |
| Mar 3, 3:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 3:47 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:13 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 36 hr |
| Mar 3, 6:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 7:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 7:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Peach and 4 more | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 8:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 8:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 24 min |
| Mar 3, 9:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Johnson, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 9:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Pulaski and 1 more | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 9:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 10:19 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 16 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:40 PM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more | 18 hr |
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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.