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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 3, 2012Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2012, 12:15 AM EST for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
Mar 3, 2012, 12:15 AM EST (05:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2012, 1:00 AM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 5:37 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Mar 2, 10:54 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 540 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

778 
WFUS52 KFFC 030515
TORFFC
GAC285-030600-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0024.120303T0515Z-120303T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1215 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 100 AM EST

* AT 1213 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 25 MILES WEST OF
  LAGRANGE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HOGANSVILLE.

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...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 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3316 8513 3319 8510 3319 8509 3317 8508
      3322 8495 3322 8486 3298 8487 3294 8520
      3309 8524 3313 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 254DEG 47KT 3301 8544

$$
2 follow-up statements
547 
WWUS52 KFFC 030528
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1228 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

GAC285-030600-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120303T0600Z/
TROUP GA-
1228 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR NORTHERN
TROUP COUNTY...

AT 1223 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF STATE LINE 
PARK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  THE STORM HAS WEAKENED...BUT IS STILL 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...SO THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ABBOTTSFORD...WARES CROSSROADS...LAGRANGE...HILLCREST...
HARRISONVILLE...LOUISE...MOUNTVILLE AND HOGANSVILLE.

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...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 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3313 8524 3316 8513 3319 8509 3317 8508
      3322 8495 3321 8487 3301 8487 3300 8488
      3300 8521 3309 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 252DEG 40KT 3305 8530

$$
323 
WWUS52 KFFC 030551
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1251 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

GAC285-030600-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120303T0600Z/
TROUP GA-
1251 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR NORTHERN
TROUP COUNTY...

AT 1246 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A MODERATE ROTATION LOCATED NEAR WARES CROSSROADS...MOVING 
EAST AT 45 MPH.  THIS STORM CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...AND THE TORNADO 
THREAT IS DIMINISHING.  STILL...THERE IS WEAK ROTATION AND THIS 
STORM HAD A PRIOR HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...THEREFORE THE 
WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ITS EXPIRATION TIME.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARRISONVILLE...LOUISE...MOUNTVILLE AND HOGANSVILLE.

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...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 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3313 8524 3316 8513 3319 8509 3317 8508
      3322 8495 3321 8487 3301 8487 3300 8488
      3300 8521 3309 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 252DEG 40KT 3313 8501

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 7:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard44 min
Mar 2, 7:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield21 min
Mar 2, 7:33 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHaralson, Polk42 min
Mar 2, 7:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd38 min
Mar 2, 8:14 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk46 min
Mar 2, 8:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon32 min
Mar 2, 8:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd41 min
Mar 2, 8:40 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Paulding50 min
Mar 2, 8:52 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCFloyd53 min
Mar 2, 9:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 1 more49 min
Mar 2, 9:26 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBartow35 min
Mar 2, 9:39 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBarrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson51 min
Mar 2, 9:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin32 min
Mar 2, 10:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon46 min
Mar 2, 10:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks43 min
Mar 2, 10:23 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens52 min
Mar 2, 10:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens33 min
Mar 2, 10:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon40 min
Mar 2, 10:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite50 min
Mar 2, 10:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon44 min
Mar 2, 10:53 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, White37 min
Mar 2, 10:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd51 min
Mar 2, 11:19 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon4 hr
Mar 2, 11:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite14 min
Mar 2, 11:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens33 min
Mar 3, 12:11 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens5 hr
Mar 3, 12:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd, Polk29 min
Mar 3, 12:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk39 min
Mar 3, 12:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether11 min
Mar 3, 1:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison23 min
Mar 3, 1:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas46 min
Mar 3, 1:21 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton24 min
Mar 3, 1:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton31 min
Mar 3, 1:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton33 min
Mar 3, 1:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard31 min
Mar 3, 1:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton23 min
Mar 3, 1:58 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Walton34 min
Mar 3, 2:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas28 min
Mar 3, 2:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta20 min
Mar 3, 2:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup50 min
Mar 3, 2:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke34 min
Mar 3, 2:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton41 min
Mar 3, 2:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding27 min
Mar 3, 3:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Oconee35 min
Mar 3, 3:31 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe14 min
Mar 3, 3:41 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes34 min
Mar 3, 3:47 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb6 hr
Mar 3, 4:11 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGwinnett6 hr
Mar 3, 5:13 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth12 hr
Mar 3, 5:47 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton36 hr
Mar 3, 6:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee31 min
Mar 3, 7:12 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee33 min
Mar 3, 7:42 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Peach and 4 more33 min
Mar 3, 8:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler31 min
Mar 3, 8:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Twiggs24 min
Mar 3, 9:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Johnson, Twiggs, Wilkinson29 min
Mar 3, 9:30 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Pulaski and 1 more30 min
Mar 3, 9:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen48 min
Mar 3, 10:19 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard16 hr
Mar 3, 2:40 PM ESTFreeze WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.