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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 19, 20154 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2015, 10:58 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 47 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: Apr 19, 2015, 10:58 AM EDT (14:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2015, 11:45 AM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 19, 7:57 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

560 
WFUS52 KFFC 191458
TORFFC
GAC115-129-213-313-191545-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0006.150419T1458Z-150419T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1058 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
    
* AT 1058 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLAINVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  CALHOUN...MOVING NORTHEAST 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
  DALTON...CALHOUN...RESACA...PLAINVILLE...REDBUD...EVERETT
  SPRINGS...SUGAR VALLEY...NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY...ARMUCHEE...
  OOSTANAULA...NICKELSVILLE...LAKE MARVIN...RAMHURST...TILTON AND
  AUDUBON.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

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 3475 8473 3454 8473 3433 8515 3438 8522
      3459 8509 3459 8506 3466 8505 3473 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1458Z 227DEG 36KT 3442 8512 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

025 
WWUS52 KFFC 191514
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1114 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

GAC115-191523-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150419T1545Z/
FLOYD GA-
1114 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3475 8473 3454 8473 3439 8503 3440 8503
      3441 8510 3441 8511 3443 8509 3446 8511
      3447 8509 3454 8509 3454 8506 3458 8507
      3459 8506 3466 8505 3473 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1513Z 227DEG 36KT 3453 8498 

$$

GAC129-213-313-191545-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150419T1545Z/
WHITFIELD GA-GORDON GA-MURRAY GA-
1114 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WHITFIELD...GORDON AND SOUTHWESTERN MURRAY COUNTIES...
    
AT 1113 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CALHOUN...MOVING NORTHEAST 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
DALTON...CALHOUN...RESACA...PLAINVILLE...REDBUD...NICKELSVILLE...
SUGAR VALLEY...RAMHURST...TILTON...NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY...
OOSTANAULA AND AUDUBON.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. 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 3475 8473 3454 8473 3439 8503 3440 8503
      3441 8510 3441 8511 3443 8509 3446 8511
      3447 8509 3454 8509 3454 8506 3458 8507
      3459 8506 3466 8505 3473 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1513Z 227DEG 36KT 3453 8498 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

844 
WWUS52 KFFC 191534
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1134 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

GAC313-191543-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150419T1545Z/
WHITFIELD GA-
1134 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITFIELD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3454 8473 3447 8488 3460 8493 3463 8493
      3463 8491 3467 8493 3466 8490 3467 8489
      3468 8489 3470 8493 3472 8493 3471 8487
      3473 8487 3474 8485 3475 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1533Z 227DEG 36KT 3467 8479 

$$

GAC129-213-191545-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150419T1545Z/
GORDON GA-MURRAY GA-
1134 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GORDON AND SOUTHWESTERN MURRAY COUNTIES...
    
AT 1133 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CHATSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST 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
DALTON...RESACA...REDBUD...NICKELSVILLE...RAMHURST...NORTH GEORGIA
SPEEDWAY AND AUDUBON.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. 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 3454 8473 3447 8488 3460 8493 3463 8493
      3463 8491 3467 8493 3466 8490 3467 8489
      3468 8489 3470 8493 3472 8493 3471 8487
      3473 8487 3474 8485 3475 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1533Z 227DEG 36KT 3467 8479 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 9:48 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	4 days
Apr 19, 8:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more	10 hr
Apr 19, 8:49 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	26 min
Apr 19, 9:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	39 min
Apr 19, 10:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more	52 min
Apr 19, 10:09 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	51 min
Apr 19, 10:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	33 min
Apr 19, 11:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Stewart, Sumter, Webster	40 min
Apr 19, 11:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Talbot, Upson	47 min
Apr 19, 11:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Troup	42 min
Apr 19, 11:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more	51 min
Apr 19, 11:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	25 hr
Apr 19, 11:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	12 hr
Apr 19, 11:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter	45 min
Apr 19, 11:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding	41 min
Apr 19, 12:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	29 min
Apr 19, 12:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	34 min
Apr 19, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	27 min
Apr 19, 12:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs	36 min
Apr 19, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	30 min
Apr 19, 12:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	42 min
Apr 19, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	60 min
Apr 19, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	57 min
Apr 19, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	22 min
Apr 19, 1:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	33 min
Apr 19, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	26 min
Apr 19, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	37 min
Apr 19, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	42 min
Apr 19, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	37 min
Apr 19, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin, Towns, White	47 min
Apr 19, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	30 min
Apr 19, 2:06 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	7 days
Apr 19, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	24 min
Apr 19, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	33 min
Apr 19, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	31 min
Apr 19, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Toombs	32 min
Apr 19, 4:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Lamar, Spalding	7 days
Apr 19, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	38 min
Apr 19, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	31 min
Apr 19, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	47 min
Apr 19, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Catoosa, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens and 1 more	41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.