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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Oct 10, 2014, 5:30 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Walker County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
- Oct 10, 2014, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2014, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 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), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
441 WFUS52 KFFC 102130 TORFFC GAC047-295-313-102215- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0012.141010T2130Z-141010T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CHICKAMAUGA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RINGGOLD...TUNNEL HILL AND VARNELL 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 3499 8498 3477 8497 3475 8534 3489 8538 TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 259DEG 24KT 3484 8525 $$
3 follow-up statements
332
WWUS52 KFFC 102143
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
543 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014
GAC047-295-313-102215-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-141010T2215Z/
WHITFIELD GA-WALKER GA-CATOOSA GA-
543 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
CATOOSA...CENTRAL WALKER AND NORTHWESTERN WHITFIELD COUNTIES...
AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAUMONT..MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RINGGOLD...TUNNEL HILL...ROCKY FACE AND SALEM
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3482 8535 3499 8498 3477 8497 3475 8534
3476 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 258DEG 23KT 3483 8514
$$446
WWUS52 KFFC 102149
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
549 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014
GAC047-295-313-102215-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-141010T2215Z/
WHITFIELD GA-WALKER GA-CATOOSA GA-
549 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
CATOOSA...CENTRAL WALKER AND CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTIES...
AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOOD
STATION..MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUNNEL
HILL AND ROCKY FACE
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 3476 8518 3479 8521 3485 8523 3494 8498
3477 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 270DEG 20KT 3481 8510
$$242
WWUS52 KFFC 102211
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
611 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014
GAC047-295-313-102222-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-141010T2215Z/
WHITFIELD GA-WALKER GA-CATOOSA GA-
611 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CATOOSA...CENTRAL WALKER AND
CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
LAT...LON 3476 8518 3479 8521 3485 8523 3494 8498
3477 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 270DEG 20KT 3481 8494
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 32 min |
| Oct 9, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 25 min |
| Oct 10, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 47 min |
| Oct 10, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Oct 10, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 61 min |
| Oct 10, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 39 min |
| Oct 10, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 44 min |
| Oct 10, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 6 hr |
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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.