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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2016, 1:38 PM EST for Cobb County, DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- Nov 30, 2016, 1:38 PM EST (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2016, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Cobb County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 1:42 PM EST | TORNADO | Cardell, GA | ROOF DAMAGE AND MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE AREA OF DISCOVERY BLVD AND MABLETON PARKWAY. |
| Nov 30, 1:44 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Ene Bankhead Courts, GA | TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON NASH ROAD NORTHWEST. |
| Nov 30, 1:46 PM EST | TORNADO | Riverside, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF BOLTON RD NW AND MAIN ST NW. |
| Nov 30, 1:53 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 W Buckhead, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHSIDE DR NW AND MOORES MILL RD NW. |
| Nov 30, 1:55 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Buckhead, GA | TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST PACES FERRY RD NW AND HABERSHAM RD NW. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 12:06 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
541
WFUS52 KFFC 301838
TORFFC
GAC067-089-121-301915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0013.161130T1838Z-161130T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
138 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 215 PM EST
* AT 138 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA...OR 9 MILES WEST
OF ATLANTA...MOVING EAST AT 45 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATLANTA...DECATUR...SANDY SPRINGS...SMYRNA...DUNWOODY...CHAMBLEE...
DORAVILLE...CLARKSTON...AVONDALE ESTATES...PINE LAKE...NORTH
ATLANTA...MIDTOWN...DRUID HILLS...NORTH DECATUR...TUCKER...NORTH
DRUID HILLS...VININGS...BROOKHAVEN...LA VISTA AND SCOTTDALE.
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.
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 3396 8431 3393 8426 3392 8426 3391 8424
3387 8420 3386 8418 3378 8421 3373 8456
3379 8459
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 251DEG 41KT 3377 8455
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
039
WWUS52 KFFC 301844
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
144 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
GAC067-301853-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161130T1915Z/
COBB GA-
144 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COBB COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR NORTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3383 8447 3383 8446 3384 8446 3395 8430
3393 8426 3392 8426 3386 8418 3378 8421
3378 8451 3379 8452
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 246DEG 40KT 3380 8449
$$
GAC089-121-301915-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161130T1915Z/
DEKALB GA-FULTON GA-
144 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN DEKALB AND CENTRAL FULTON COUNTIES...
AT 143 PM EST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BOLTON...OR NEAR
ATLANTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATLANTA...DECATUR...SANDY SPRINGS...DUNWOODY...CHAMBLEE...
DORAVILLE...CLARKSTON...PINE LAKE...NORTH ATLANTA...MIDTOWN...
TUCKER...DRUID HILLS...NORTH DECATUR...NORTH DRUID HILLS...CHASTAIN
MEMORIAL PARK...PIEDMONT PARK...BOLTON...BROOKHAVEN...LA VISTA AND
SCOTTDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE
TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3383 8447 3383 8446 3384 8446 3395 8430
3393 8426 3392 8426 3386 8418 3378 8421
3378 8451 3379 8452
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 246DEG 40KT 3380 8449
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$501
WWUS52 KFFC 301851
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
151 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
GAC089-121-301915-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161130T1915Z/
DEKALB GA-FULTON GA-
151 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN DEKALB AND CENTRAL FULTON COUNTIES...
AT 150 PM EST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER VININGS...OR 7
MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATLANTA...SANDY SPRINGS...DUNWOODY...CHAMBLEE...DORAVILLE...NORTH
ATLANTA...TUCKER...CHASTAIN MEMORIAL PARK AND BROOKHAVEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE
TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3383 8445 3384 8446 3395 8430 3393 8426
3392 8426 3386 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 242DEG 37KT 3385 8443
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 11:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 12:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 1:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 1:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 1:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 23 min |
| Nov 30, 1:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 18 min |
| Nov 30, 2:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 2:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 3:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 3:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 4:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 5:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 30 min |
| Nov 30, 5:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 7:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 7:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 8:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 9:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 42 min |
| Nov 30, 10:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 10:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 38 min |
| Nov 30, 10:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 11:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 12:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 15 min |
| Nov 30, 12:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 12:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 12:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 1:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 2:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 28 min |
| Nov 30, 2:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 2:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 2:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 2:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 18 min |
| Nov 30, 2:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 2:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 14 min |
| Nov 30, 2:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 35 min |
| Nov 30, 2:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Upson | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 3:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 28 min |
| Nov 30, 3:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 3:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 20 min |
| Nov 30, 3:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 49 min |
| Nov 30, 3:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Walton | 29 min |
| Nov 30, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 3:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Taylor | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 3:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 3:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 3:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam | 44 min |
| Nov 30, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 38 min |
| Nov 30, 3:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jones | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 4:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 4:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 4:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 4:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Webster | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 5:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 5:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 28 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.