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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 11, 2013Carroll County, Haralson County, Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2013, 6:21 PM EDT for Carroll County, Haralson County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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 11, 2013, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2013, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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 11, 6:26 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	1 N Tallapoosa, GA	PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL ON HWY 100 NORTH OF TALLAPOOSA.
Apr 11, 6:31 PM EDT	TORNADO 0	3 Ese Tallapoosa, GA	A NWS SURVEY CONFIRMS THAT A HIGH END EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF I20 NEAR CHANDLER RD...CONTINUED NE CROSSING KING GIN RD AND ALONG THOMAS RD. THREE HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CROSSED I20 AND CONTINUED ACROSS DR KING RD AND PETTY RD...LEAV

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 11, 4:45 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

592 
WFUS52 KFFC 112221
TORFFC
GAC045-143-223-112245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0014.130411T2221Z-130411T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
621 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF TALLAPOOSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WACO...BREMEN...BUCHANAN AND TEMPLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3371 8536 3391 8511 3390 8505 3395 8505
      3395 8499 3395 8498 3378 8484 3378 8490
      3374 8490 3361 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 230DEG 46KT 3367 8530

$$

1 follow-up statement

899 
WWUS52 KFFC 112229
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
629 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013

GAC045-143-223-112245-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-130411T2245Z/
PAULDING GA-CARROLL GA-HARALSON GA-
629 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
HARALSON...NORTH CENTRAL CARROLL AND WESTERN PAULDING COUNTIES...

AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TALLAPOOSA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS CAN ALSO BE 
EXPECTED. PERSONS NEAR TALLAPOOSA AND BUCHANAN SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE 
PLACE NOW!

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WACO...
BREMEN...UNION...NEW GEORGIA...YORKVILLE...EUBANK LAKE AND 
DRAKETOWN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD LOOK FOR SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. OVERPASSES ARE NOT
SAFE!

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 EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3391 8511 3390 8505 3395 8505 3395 8498
      3383 8488 3381 8487 3367 8528 3373 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 228DEG 37KT 3372 8527

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	29 min
Apr 11, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	26 min
Apr 11, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	44 min
Apr 11, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	46 min
Apr 11, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	42 min
Apr 11, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens	41 min
Apr 11, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	48 min
Apr 11, 7:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens	42 min
Apr 11, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Murray, Whitfield	32 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.