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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2013, 7:33 PM EDT for Bartow County, Cherokee County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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
- Apr 11, 2013, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2013, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
953 WFUS52 KFFC 112333 TORFFC GAC015-057-227-120015- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0016.130411T2333Z-130412T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 733 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA EAST CENTRAL BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 731 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALESKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CANTON...BALL GROUND AND NELSON. 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 ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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. && LAT...LON 3445 8444 3432 8426 3414 8474 3420 8479 TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 231DEG 26KT 3417 8473 $$
1 follow-up statement
546 WWUS52 KFFC 112357 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 757 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 GAC015-120007- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130412T0015Z/ BARTOW GA- 757 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BARTOW COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3432 8457 3434 8459 3445 8444 3441 8438 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 229DEG 30KT 3436 8455 $$ GAC057-227-120015- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130412T0015Z/ PICKENS GA-CHEROKEE GA- 757 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHEROKEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTIES... AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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 1100 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3432 8457 3434 8459 3445 8444 3441 8438 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 229DEG 30KT 3436 8455 $$
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, 6:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 24 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, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Murray, Whitfield | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.