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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 7, 2016Marion County, Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2016, 1:49 AM EDT for Marion County, Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. 2 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: Apr 7, 2016, 1:49 AM EDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2016, 2:16 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Marion County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:49 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 7, 1:55 AM EDT	TORNADO	Providence Canyon State, GA	PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG A PATH SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS LONG OVER THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK. DAMAGE LINES UP WITH RADAR-DETECTED CIRCULATION FROM KMXX. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 7, 1:58 AM EDT	TORNADO	Providence Canyon State, GA	PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG A PATH SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS LONG OVER THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK. DAMAGE LINES UP WITH RADAR-DETECTED CIRCULATION FROM KMXX. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 418 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

832 
WFUS52 KFFC 070549
TORFFC
GAC197-259-307-070630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0009.160407T0549Z-160407T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
149 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  CENTRAL STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT
    
* AT 148 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF LUMPKIN...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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LUMPKIN...PRESTON...RICHLAND...SEMINOLE...OMAHA...FLORENCE MARINA STATE
  PARK...BROOKLYN...CHARLES...CHURCH HILL...LOUVALE...PROVIDENCE CANYON
  STATE PARK...WESTVILLE...KIMBROUGH AND DUMAS.

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!

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 3205 8505 3215 8504 3218 8501 3221 8452
      3213 8443 3204 8443 3204 8444 3200 8444
      3198 8445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 270DEG 34KT 3210 8495 

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

945 
WWUS52 KFFC 070604
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
204 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

GAC197-259-307-070630-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160407T0630Z/
MARION GA-STEWART GA-WEBSTER GA-
204 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MARION...NORTHEASTERN STEWART AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...
        
AT 204 AM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LUMPKIN...MOVING
EAST 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. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LUMPKIN...PRESTON...RICHLAND...SEMINOLE...CHURCH HILL...LOUVALE...
WESTVILLE...BROOKLYN...KIMBROUGH...CHARLES AND DUMAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3203 8488 3210 8489 3219 8485 3221 8452
      3213 8443 3204 8443 3204 8444 3200 8444
      3198 8445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0604Z 267DEG 34KT 3208 8478 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

477 
WWUS52 KFFC 070616
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
216 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

GAC197-259-307-070625-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160407T0630Z/
MARION GA-STEWART GA-WEBSTER GA-
216 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MARION...NORTHEASTERN
STEWART AND WEBSTER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3203 8488 3210 8489 3219 8485 3221 8452
      3213 8443 3204 8443 3204 8444 3200 8444
      3198 8445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0612Z 270DEG 34KT 3208 8465 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	37 min
Apr 6, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	40 min
Apr 6, 9:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	50 min
Apr 6, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	44 min
Apr 6, 9:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	39 min
Apr 6, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee	48 min
Apr 6, 10:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	44 min
Apr 6, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Walker	53 min
Apr 6, 10:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett	44 min
Apr 6, 10:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	45 min
Apr 6, 10:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	40 min
Apr 6, 10:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens	48 min
Apr 6, 11:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens	43 min
Apr 6, 11:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton	46 min
Apr 6, 11:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	35 min
Apr 6, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette and 4 more	49 min
Apr 6, 11:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot	39 min
Apr 7, 12:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup and 1 more	51 min
Apr 7, 12:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	45 min
Apr 7, 12:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Gwinnett, Henry, Jackson and 6 more	48 min
Apr 7, 12:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding and 1 more	47 min
Apr 7, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	35 min
Apr 7, 1:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 2 more	42 min
Apr 7, 1:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Talbot, Taylor	45 min
Apr 7, 1:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Jones	52 min
Apr 7, 4:09 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 42 more	16 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.