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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Walker County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 6, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 8:32 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Lafayette, GA | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN LAFAYETTE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 2064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
853
WFUS52 KFFC 070030
TORFFC
GAC047-295-313-070100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0011.141007T0030Z-141007T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
830 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 827 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TUNNEL HILL AND DALTON
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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3483 8485 3481 8486 3479 8484 3478 8486
3479 8487 3475 8485 3473 8487 3472 8485
3471 8486 3471 8494 3469 8491 3470 8532
3483 8532 3491 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 264DEG 29KT 3477 8523
$$1 follow-up statement
937
WWUS52 KFFC 070049
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
849 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2014
GAC047-295-070059-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141007T0100Z/
WALKER GA-CATOOSA GA-
849 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CATOOSA AND CENTRAL WALKER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
LAT...LON 3491 8485 3478 8486 3479 8487 3475 8485
3473 8487 3471 8486 3471 8494 3469 8491
3469 8505 3472 8506 3472 8517 3482 8513
3482 8507 3487 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 264DEG 30KT 3476 8504
$$
GAC313-070100-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141007T0100Z/
WHITFIELD GA-
849 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
WHITFIELD COUNTY...
AT 848 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILL CREEK..MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKY
FACE...DALTON AND DAWNVILLE
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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3491 8485 3478 8486 3479 8487 3475 8485
3473 8487 3471 8486 3471 8494 3469 8491
3469 8505 3472 8506 3472 8517 3482 8513
3482 8507 3487 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 264DEG 30KT 3476 8504
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Oct 7, 5:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 35 min |
| Oct 7, 5:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 49 min |
| Oct 7, 6:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 46 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.