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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2013, 6:08 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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 18, 2013, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butts County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 6:10 PM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 8 Nne Greenville, GA | AN EF2 TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS UP TO 120 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR ROCKY MOUNT ROAD AND CALDWELL ROAD IN MERIWETHER COUNTY. IT TRAVELED EAST TO SOUTHEAST BEFORE LIFTING ONE MILE WEST OF CONCORD IN PIKE COUNTY. PATH LENGTH 13.35 MILES AND UP TO 300 YARDS WIDE. TWO |
| Mar 18, 6:12 PM EDT | HAIL 2.75 | Luthersville, GA | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE FROM HAIL IN LUTHERSVILLE |
| Mar 18, 6:25 PM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 2 W Hilltop, GA | A NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN MERIWETHER COUNTY AND MOVED INTO PIKE COUNTY. A HOME SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...HAD BOTH DOORS BLOWN OUT...AND FOUR FRONT WINDOWS WERE DAMAGED. ONE BARN WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED...ANOTHER SHIFTED |
| Mar 18, 6:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Hilltop, GA | PIKE COUNTY EM RELAYED A REPORT OF TREES DOWN AND A BARN DESTROYED IN THIS AREA. |
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 18, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS52 KFFC 182208
TORFFC
GAC035-171-199-231-255-182300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0011.130318T2208Z-130318T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
608 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
LUTHERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW!
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GAY...CONCORD...WILLIAMSON...ZEBULON...MEANSVILLE...GRIFFIN...
ORCHARD HILL...MILNER...ALDORA AND BARNESVILLE.
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 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3323 8477 3323 8470 3322 8468 3323 8466
3322 8465 3322 8451 3325 8451 3326 8443
3326 8414 3312 8407 3302 8415 3309 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 271DEG 40KT 3314 8468
$$2 follow-up statements
386
WWUS52 KFFC 182236
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
636 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
GAC035-255-182245-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130318T2300Z/
SPALDING GA-BUTTS GA-
636 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BUTTS AND SOUTHERN
SPALDING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3319 8459 3316 8409 3312 8407 3302 8415
3307 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 279DEG 39KT 3307 8441
$$
GAC171-199-231-182300-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130318T2300Z/
PIKE GA-MERIWETHER GA-LAMAR GA-
636 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
LAMAR...NORTHEASTERN MERIWETHER AND PIKE COUNTIES...
AT 631 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CONCORD...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH. PERSONS IN CONCORD NEED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW!
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WILLIAMSON...ZEBULON...MEANSVILLE...MILNER...ALDORA...LIBERTY HILL
AND BARNESVILLE.
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 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3319 8459 3316 8409 3312 8407 3302 8415
3307 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 279DEG 39KT 3307 8441
$$235
WWUS52 KFFC 182259
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
659 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
GAC171-199-231-182308-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130318T2300Z/
PIKE GA-MERIWETHER GA-LAMAR GA-
659 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAMAR...EAST CENTRAL MERIWETHER
AND PIKE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 700 PM EDT...
THE ROTATION IN THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND A
TORNADO IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY IN LAMAR COUNTY
THROUGH 720 PM EDT.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3319 8459 3316 8409 3312 8407 3302 8415
3307 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 279DEG 39KT 3303 8412
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 11:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas and 5 more | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton and 3 more | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer and 5 more | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 54 min |
| Mar 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 49 min |
| Mar 18, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam, Spalding | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Lamar, Monroe | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 54 min |
| Mar 18, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Hancock, Houston, Jefferson and 6 more | 57 min |
| Mar 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Houston, Macon, Peach and 3 more | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 49 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.