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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 8:40 PM EST for Cherokee County, Cobb County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 5 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, 8:40 PM EST (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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, 9:05 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Acworth, GA | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR ACWORTH ON SUGAR MAPLE LANE. |
| Mar 2, 9:08 PM EST | HAIL 1 | 2 W Woodstock, GA | CHEROKEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORT OF QUARTER-SIZED HAIL 2 MILES WEST OF WOODSTOCK AT 908 PM EST. |
| Mar 2, 9:14 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Sandy Springs, GA | COBB COUNTY 911 REPORTED TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AT ROSWELL ROAD AND PROVIDENCE ROAD. |
| Mar 2, 9:14 PM EST | TORNADO 1 | 5 Ene Marietta, GA | AN NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN EF1 TORNADO WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 100 MPH OCCURRED IN COBB COUNTY. THE PATH WAS 1.4 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 913 PM AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROSWELL RD AND OLD CANTON RD...TRACKED EAST ALO |
| Mar 2, 9:14 PM EST | TORNADO 1 | 5 Nw Sandy Springs, GA | AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 100 MPH OCCURRED IN COBB COUNTY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ONE MILE WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 150 YARDS. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 914 PM NEAR EAST COBB PARK ALONG ROSWELL RD. IT CONTI |
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, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:37 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 73 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.
506
WFUS52 KFFC 030140
TORFFC
GAC057-067-223-030230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0018.120303T0140Z-120303T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
840 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 930 PM EST
* AT 837 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
DALLAS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED WITH THIS TORNADO INCLUDING POSSIBLE HOUSE COLLAPSE.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HIRAM...POWDER SPRINGS...ACWORTH...KENNESAW...MARIETTA...SMYRNA AND
WOODSTOCK.
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 3408 8480 3408 8466 3412 8466
3418 8442 3411 8440 3410 8442 3406 8442
3398 8437 3392 8444 3388 8444 3385 8446
3387 8488
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 262DEG 42KT 3392 8490
$$3 follow-up statements
455
WWUS52 KFFC 030158
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
858 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
GAC223-030208-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120303T0230Z/
PAULDING GA-
858 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3408 8466 3412 8466 3418 8442 3411 8440
3410 8442 3406 8442 3402 8440 3401 8440
3398 8437 3390 8446 3392 8473 3407 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 259DEG 39KT 3397 8466
$$
GAC057-067-030230-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120303T0230Z/
CHEROKEE GA-COBB GA-
858 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
COBB AND SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 856 PM EST...THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED A TORNADO WITH SIGNIFICANT
STRUCTURE DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOST MOUNTAIN
PARK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KENNESAW...OAK GROVE...KELLOGG CREEK...KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY...
MARIETTA...HOBGOOD PARK...DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE...WHITE WATER
PARK...WOODSTOCK...SANDY PLAINS...LEBANON...SWEAT MOUNTAIN AND MOUNT
BETHEL.
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 3408 8466 3412 8466 3418 8442 3411 8440
3410 8442 3406 8442 3402 8440 3401 8440
3398 8437 3390 8446 3392 8473 3407 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 259DEG 39KT 3397 8466
$$754
WWUS52 KFFC 030205
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
905 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
GAC057-067-030230-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120303T0230Z/
CHEROKEE GA-COBB GA-
905 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
COBB AND SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 900 PM EST...THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED A TORNADO WITH SIGNIFICANT
STRUCTURE DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DUE
WEST...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. OUTSIDE THE TORNADO AREA...RESIDENTS
CAN EXPECT QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY...MARIETTA...HOBGOOD PARK...DOBBINS AIR
RESERVE BASE...WHITE WATER PARK...WOODSTOCK...SANDY PLAINS...
LEBANON...SWEAT MOUNTAIN AND MOUNT BETHEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3412 8466 3418 8442 3411 8440 3410 8442
3406 8442 3401 8440 3398 8437 3390 8446
3392 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 259DEG 39KT 3398 8460
$$163
WWUS52 KFFC 030222
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
922 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
GAC057-067-030232-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120303T0230Z/
CHEROKEE GA-COBB GA-
922 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN COBB AND SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 930 PM EST...
AT 919 PM EST...THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES.
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 3412 8466 3418 8442 3411 8440 3410 8442
3406 8442 3401 8440 3398 8437 3390 8446
3392 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 259DEG 39KT 3402 8436
$$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, 8:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 46 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, 8:52 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.