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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 11:30 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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, 11:30 AM EST (16:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 12:15 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 11:30 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 |
| Jan 30, 12:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Mountaintown, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. MORE REPORTS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 30, 12:00 PM EST | TORNADO | Mountaintown, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN FROM POSSIBLE TORNADO. MORE REPORTS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 30, 12:05 PM EST | TORNADO 1 | 3 Nw Cherry Log, GA | AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN OFF OF CHAPMAN DRIVE AND SNAPPED OR UPROOTED HUNDREDS OF SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST. THE PATH WAS UP TO 2 MILES LONG AND 300 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WIND SPEEDS OF 90 MPH. THE SUPERCELL STORM MOVED INTO FANNIN COU |
| Jan 30, 12:08 PM EST | TORNADO 1 | 4 Wsw Blue Ridge, GA | *** 1 INJ *** A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE SUGAR CREEK AREA AND MOVED NORTHEAST BEFORE LIFTING IN THE HOTHOUSE VALLEY AREA. THE EF1 TORNADO WITH MAX WIND SPEEDS UP TO 90 MPH CAUSED HUNDREDS OF TREES TO BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. UP TO 100 POWER POLES WERE EITHER |
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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
051
WFUS52 KFFC 301630
TORFFC
GAC111-123-129-213-301715-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0004.130130T1630Z-130130T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1215 PM EST
* AT 1124 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONFIRMED
A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR CALHOUN... OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED
MAJOR DAMAGE WITH NUMEROUS CARS OVERTURNED IN ADAIRSVILLE. THE STORM
IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHATSWORTH...BLUE RIDGE AND MCCAYSVILLE-COPPERHILL.
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 3499 8416 3440 8482 3441 8495 3447 8501
3500 8461 3500 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 213DEG 56KT 3452 8482
$$2 follow-up statements
791
WWUS52 KFFC 301644
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1144 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
GAC111-123-129-213-301715-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130130T1715Z/
MURRAY GA-FANNIN GA-GILMER GA-GORDON GA-
1144 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EST FOR
GORDON...NORTHWESTERN GILMER...NORTHWESTERN FANNIN AND MURRAY
COUNTIES...
AT 1139 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CARTERS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO
WILL BE NEAR MOUNTAINTOWN IN WEST GILMER COUNTY BY NOON.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHATSWORTH...TAILS CREEK...FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MOUNTAINTOWN...
CONASAUGA LAKE...JONES MILL...COLWELL...HIGDON...COHUTTA
WILDERNESS...BLUE RIDGE...EPWORTH...MINERAL BLUFF AND
MCCAYSVILLE-COPPERHILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW! TORNADOES IN HILLY OR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN ARE
HARD TO SEE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8416 3440 8482 3441 8495 3447 8501
3500 8461 3500 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 213DEG 56KT 3469 8469
$$
16789
WWUS52 KFFC 301658
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1158 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
GAC111-123-129-213-301715-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130130T1715Z/
MURRAY GA-FANNIN GA-GILMER GA-GORDON GA-
1158 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EST FOR EASTERN
GORDON...NORTHWESTERN GILMER...NORTHWESTERN FANNIN AND SOUTHEASTERN
MURRAY COUNTIES...
AT 1152 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
MOUNTAINTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WILL BE NEAR MCCAYSVILLE BY 1215 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONES
MILL...COLWELL...HIGDON...COHUTTA WILDERNESS...BLUE RIDGE...
EPWORTH...MINERAL BLUFF AND MCCAYSVILLE-COPPERHILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW! TORNADOES IN HILLY OR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN ARE
HARD TO SEE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO.
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 3499 8416 3440 8482 3457 8473 3472 8467
3500 8461 3500 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 213DEG 56KT 3487 8454
$$
16The 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, 10:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens | 46 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.