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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 7, 2018, 9:12 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 13 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
- Feb 7, 2018, 9:12 AM EST (14:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2018, 9:25 AM EST
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Coweta County, GA, Heard County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 655 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
512
WFUS52 KFFC 071412
TORFFC
GAC077-149-199-285-071445-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0002.180207T1412Z-180207T1445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
912 AM EST WED FEB 7 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Meriwether County in west central Georgia...
Southeastern Heard County in west central Georgia...
Northeastern Troup County in west central Georgia...
Southwestern Coweta County in west central Georgia...
* Until 945 AM EST
* At 912 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Harrisonville, or near Franklin, moving east at 55
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...
Newnan, Hogansville, Grantville, Luthersville, Moreland, Lone Oak,
East Newnan, Corinth and Harrisonville.
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 3317 8512 3324 8513 3336 8479 3326 8469
3316 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 1412Z 264DEG 49KT 3321 8505
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
986
WWUS52 KFFC 071423
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
923 AM EST WED FEB 7 2018
GAC149-071432-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180207T1445Z/
Heard GA-
923 AM EST WED FEB 7 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HEARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3322 8495 3323 8494 3324 8494 3332 8490
3336 8479 3326 8469 3316 8472 3317 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 1422Z 264DEG 49KT 3323 8487
$$
GAC077-199-285-071445-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180207T1445Z/
Meriwether GA-Troup GA-Coweta GA-
923 AM EST WED FEB 7 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER...NORTHEASTERN TROUP AND SOUTHWESTERN COWETA
COUNTIES...
At 922 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Grantville, or 11 miles southwest of Newnan, moving
east at 55 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...
Newnan, Hogansville, Grantville, Luthersville, Moreland, Lone Oak,
East Newnan and Corinth.
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!
&&
LAT...LON 3322 8495 3323 8494 3324 8494 3332 8490
3336 8479 3326 8469 3316 8472 3317 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 1422Z 264DEG 49KT 3323 8487
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$364
WWUS52 KFFC 071425
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
925 AM EST WED FEB 7 2018
GAC077-199-285-071435-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180207T1445Z/
Meriwether GA-Troup GA-Coweta GA-
925 AM EST WED FEB 7 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER...NORTHEASTERN
TROUP AND SOUTHWESTERN COWETA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3322 8495 3323 8494 3324 8494 3332 8490
3336 8479 3326 8469 3316 8472 3317 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 1424Z 264DEG 49KT 3323 8484
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 7:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 26 min |
| Feb 7, 7:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 35 min |
| Feb 7, 8:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 37 min |
| Feb 7, 8:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 33 min |
| Feb 7, 9:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 32 min |
| Feb 7, 10:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 46 min |
| Feb 7, 10:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Talbot, Upson | 29 min |
| Feb 7, 11:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor | 27 min |
| Feb 7, 11:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley | 27 min |
| Feb 7, 11:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach, Taylor | 30 min |
| Feb 7, 11:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon, Sumter, Webster | 47 min |
| Feb 7, 11:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 31 min |
| Feb 7, 12:09 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 14 hr |
| Feb 7, 12:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Twiggs | 40 min |
| Feb 7, 1:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Johnson, Laurens | 30 min |
| Feb 7, 1:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 46 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.