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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2015, 10:13 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 3, 2015, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2015, 10:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 10:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rising Fawn, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS AT LEAST 10 TREES DOWN...WITH SOME UPROOTED... AND PARTS OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT POWER NEAR HIGHWAY 11 SOUTH AND CLOVERDALE ROAD. SOME HOUSES HAVE SHINGLES MISSING AND DAMAGE TO SIDING. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 2692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
044
WFUS52 KFFC 040213
TORFFC
GAC055-083-295-040300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0003.150404T0213Z-150404T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1013 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
NORTH CENTRAL CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 1012 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF IDER...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAFAYETTE...TRION...LA FAYETTE...RISING FAWN...CLOUDLAND CANYON
STATE PARK...COOPER HEIGHTS...NAOMI...CENTER POST AND LINWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
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 3485 8557 3476 8516 3448 8523 3463 8554
3483 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 290DEG 34KT 3474 8553
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$3 follow-up statements
011
WWUS52 KFFC 040230
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1030 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2015
GAC083-040239-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150404T0300Z/
DADE GA-
1030 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DADE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3467 8549 3470 8549 3473 8546 3475 8546
3476 8545 3482 8545 3476 8516 3448 8523
3463 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 290DEG 34KT 3468 8534
$$
GAC055-295-040300-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150404T0300Z/
WALKER GA-CHATTOOGA GA-
1030 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WALKER AND NORTH CENTRAL CHATTOOGA COUNTIES...
AT 1029 PM EDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LAFAYETTE...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAFAYETTE...TRION...LA FAYETTE...COOPER HEIGHTS...NAOMI...CENTER POST
AND LINWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
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 3467 8549 3470 8549 3473 8546 3475 8546
3476 8545 3482 8545 3476 8516 3448 8523
3463 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 290DEG 34KT 3468 8534
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$938
WWUS52 KFFC 040242
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1042 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2015
GAC055-295-040300-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150404T0300Z/
WALKER GA-CHATTOOGA GA-
1042 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WALKER AND NORTH CENTRAL CHATTOOGA COUNTIES...
AT 1041 PM EDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LAFAYETTE...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAFAYETTE...TRION...LA FAYETTE...LINWOOD...NAOMI AND CENTER POST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO
NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3463 8536 3469 8534 3471 8534 3473 8533
3479 8531 3476 8516 3448 8523 3455 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 290DEG 34KT 3464 8520
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$899
WWUS52 KFFC 040249
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1049 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2015
GAC055-295-040258-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150404T0300Z/
WALKER GA-CHATTOOGA GA-
1049 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WALKER AND NORTH CENTRAL
CHATTOOGA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF CHATTOGA COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3463 8536 3469 8534 3471 8534 3473 8533
3479 8531 3476 8516 3448 8523 3455 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 290DEG 34KT 3462 8513
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 12:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 2:31 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 13 more | 18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.