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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2013, 7:27 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Cobb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 6 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
- Jun 13, 2013, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Sse Woodstock, GA | THE TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN JUST INSIDE THE CHEROKEE COUNTY LINE MOVED INTO COBB COUNTY AND STRENGTHENED TO AN EF-1. THE TORNADO TRACKED SOUTHEAST THROUGH COBB COUNTY WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRING NEAR WENDWOOD DRIVE NE AND NEAR BISHOP LAKE WHER |
| Jun 13, 7:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 S Woodstock, GA | AN NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT A SECOND TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WITHIN A TENTH OF A MILE OF THE CHEROKEE-COBB COUNTY LINE JUST INSIDE THE CHEROKEE COUNTY LINE ALONG WOODHAVE DRIVE. TREES AND LARGE LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN AT THIS LOCATION BEFORE THE TORNADO M |
| Jun 13, 7:41 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 3 N Sandy Springs, GA | THE TORNADO THAT MOVED THROUGH CHEROKEE AND COBB COUNTIES TRACKED INTO FULTON COUNTY AT THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR MORGAN FALLS. THE TORNADO RETAINED ITS STRENGTH AT EF1 AS IT SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES ALONG THE RIVER AND DAMAGED ROOFS AT THE LAUREL OVERLOO |
| Jun 13, 7:41 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Sandy Springs, GA | THE TORNADO THAT MOVED THROUGH CHEROKEE AND COBB COUNTIES TRACKED INTO FULTON COUNTY AT THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR JOHNSON FERRY ROAD AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE. THE TORNADO WEAKENED TO AN EF0 THROUGH FULTON COUNTY...DOWNING TREES...LARGE LIMBS...AND SPLITTING TREE |
| Jun 13, 7:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sandy Springs, GA | SEVERAL TREES ARE DOWN ACROSS SANDY SPRINGS. |
| Jun 13, 7:51 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sandy Springs, GA | SEVERAL LARGE TREES ARE DOWN NEAR NORTH RIDGE AND ROSWELL ROADS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1940 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194
WFUS52 KFFC 132327
TORFFC
GAC057-067-121-140000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0021.130613T2327Z-130614T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
727 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HOLLY
SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MOUNTAIN PARK...MILTON...ALPHARETTA...ROSWELL...SANDY SPRINGS AND
JOHNS CREEK.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN
GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3418 8425 3411 8426 3410 8422 3404 8412
3403 8417 3400 8421 3400 8425 3396 8430
3397 8434 3394 8435 3386 8451 3419 8459
3429 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 319DEG 25KT 3416 8442
$$1 follow-up statement
408
WWUS52 KFFC 132340
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
740 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
GAC057-067-121-140000-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130614T0000Z/
CHEROKEE GA-COBB GA-FULTON GA-
740 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FULTON...EASTERN COBB AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 736 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SWEAT
MOUNTAIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION...STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE IN SANDY PLAINS...EAST PARTS OF
MARIETTA AND ROSWELL. IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...EXPECT DAMAGING
WINDS. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW!
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ALPHARETTA...ROSWELL...DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE...MOUNT BETHEL...
SMYRNA...SANDY SPRINGS AND JOHNS CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3418 8438 3410 8425 3410 8422 3404 8412
3403 8417 3400 8421 3400 8425 3396 8430
3397 8434 3394 8435 3386 8451 3419 8459
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 321DEG 34KT 3401 8442
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Towns, Union | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Towns, Union | 15 min |
| Jun 13, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gordon | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, White | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Pickens | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Gordon | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Paulding, Polk | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 36 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.