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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 10:59 AM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 10 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
- Jan 30, 2013, 10:59 AM EST (15:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 11:45 AM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 11:01 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Lindale, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD |
| Jan 30, 11:01 AM EST | TORNADO | 3 E Lindale, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD |
| Jan 30, 11:12 AM EST | TORNADO 3 | 2 Ssw Adairsville, GA | *** 1 FATAL, 9 INJ *** A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHWEST OF ADAIRSVILLE AT APPROXIMATELY 1112 AM EST. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED TO EF3 IN ADAIRSVILLE WHERE DOZENS OF HOMES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE WORST DAMAGE WAS ALONG HIGHWAY 140 WHERE A LARGE PORTI |
| Jan 30, 11:19 AM EST | TORNADO 3 | Adairsville, GA | MAJOR DAMAGE REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN ADAIRSVILLE. REPORTS OF CARS OVERTURNED AND MAJOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE. THIS IS A DUPLICATE REPORT OF THE EF3 TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN AT 1112 AM EST. |
| Jan 30, 11:19 AM EST | TORNADO | Adairsville, GA | MAJOR DAMAGE REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN ADAIRSVILLE. REPORTS OF CARS OVERTURNED AND MAJOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE |
| Jan 30, 11:20 AM EST | TORNADO | Adairsville, GA | *** 1 FATAL *** MAN KILLED IN MOBILE HOME NEAR ADAIRSVILLE.EMERGENCY MANAGER CONFIRMS THAT APPROXIMATELY 100 CARS OVERTURNED NEAR EXIT 306 ON INTERSTATE 75. |
| Jan 30, 11:21 AM EST | TORNADO 3 | 3 Ne Adairsville, GA | *** 8 INJ *** THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE EF3 TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN IN BARTOW COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES FROM REDBUD RD TO HWY 53...SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED...7 POULTRY HOMES DESTROYED AND 8 INJURIES REPORTED IN GORDON COUNTY WHICH OCCURRED IN ON |
| Jan 30, 11:25 AM EST | TORNADO 3 | 4 Se Calhoun, GA | MULTIPLE STRUCTURES DAMAGED ALONG HWY 53 NEAR CALHOUN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. THIS IS A DUPLICATE ENTRY OF THE EF3 TORNADO THAT ENTERED GORDON COUNTY AT 1121 AM EST. |
| Jan 30, 11:25 AM EST | TORNADO | 4 Se Calhoun, GA | MULTIPLE STRUCTURES DAMAGED ALONG HWY 53 NEAR CALHOUN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR |
| Jan 30, 11:30 AM EST | TORNADO | 4 Se Calhoun, GA | *** 8 INJ *** NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES FROM REDBUD RD TO HWY 53...SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED...7 POULTRY HOMES DESTROYED AND 8 INJURIES REPORTED IN GORDON COUNTY WHICH OCCURRED IN ONE HOME. SEVERAL OF THE INJURIES ARE CRITICAL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 5:51 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jan 30, 8:11 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
411 WFUS52 KFFC 301559 TORFFC GAC015-057-115-129-227-301645- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0003.130130T1559Z-130130T1645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1059 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA EAST CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA EASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 1145 AM EST * AT 1056 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AND TREES DOWN WITH THIS STORM. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ADAIRSVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 400 PM EST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3459 8477 3447 8444 3410 8518 3415 8528 TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 229DEG 52KT 3416 8517 $$
1 follow-up statement
997 WWUS52 KFFC 301611 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1111 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 GAC015-057-115-129-227-301645- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130130T1645Z/ PICKENS GA-BARTOW GA-CHEROKEE GA-FLOYD GA-GORDON GA- 1111 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR EASTERN GORDON...EAST CENTRAL FLOYD...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE... NORTHERN BARTOW AND WESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES... AT 1105 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF KINGSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. IT SHOULD PASS OVER INTERSTATE 75 NEAR ADAIRSVILLE AROUND 1125 AM EST. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ADAIRSVILLE...FOLSOM...PINE LOG...SONORAVILLE...FUNKHOUSER... REDBUD...FAIRMOUNT...RANGER...OAKMAN...TALMADGE...HINTON AND BLAINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3422 8520 3459 8477 3447 8444 3415 8508 TIME...MOT...LOC 1608Z 229DEG 52KT 3425 8504 $$ 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 7:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 40 min |
| Jan 30, 8:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jan 30, 8:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 9:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 61 min |
| Jan 30, 10:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 11:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 48 min |
| Jan 30, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 12:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard, Paulding | 40 min |
| Jan 30, 12:54 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 24 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Pickens | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton and 2 more | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 1:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fulton, Heard | 41 min |
| Jan 30, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 40 min |
| Jan 30, 1:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot and 1 more | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth and 2 more | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns and 2 more | 51 min |
| Jan 30, 2:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup, Upson | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Harris, Henry and 3 more | 41 min |
| Jan 30, 2:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 6 more | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Meriwether, Pike and 3 more | 46 min |
| Jan 30, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 52 min |
| Jan 30, 3:27 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 29 min |
| Jan 30, 3:46 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 5 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 43 min |
| Jan 30, 3:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Lamar, Marion, Monroe and 2 more | 32 min |
| Jan 30, 4:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 29 min |
| Jan 30, 4:20 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Crisp, Macon, Marion, Peach and 6 more | 66 min |
| Jan 30, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe | 48 min |
| Jan 30, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Sumter | 31 min |
| Jan 30, 5:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 57 min |
| Jan 30, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Jones and 7 more | 52 min |
| Jan 30, 5:32 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 5:32 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 13 hr |
| Jan 30, 5:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 42 min |
| Jan 30, 5:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 62 min |
| Jan 30, 6:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Glascock, Houston, Pulaski and 4 more | 61 min |
| Jan 30, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Jefferson, Johnson and 7 more | 41 min |
| Jan 30, 6:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 51 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.