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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 24, 2019Coweta County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2019, 4:33 AM EST for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 12 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: Feb 24, 2019, 4:33 AM EST (09:33 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2019, 4:45 AM EST
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Coweta County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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
Feb 24, 4:33 AM EST	TORNADO	1 Ene Moreland, GA	AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 90 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MARTIN MILL RD AND TABBY LINCH RD AND TRAVELED 2.1 MILES. THE TORNADO PRODUCED PRIMARILY TREE DAMAGE, AND TWO HOMES RECEIVED DAMAGE WHEN TREES FELL ONTO THEM. THE TORNADO LIFTED
Feb 24, 4:34 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ene Moreland, GA	TREES DOWN ACROSS GORDON RD BETWEEN MARTIN MILL RD AND MOORE RD.

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 22 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 529 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 689 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

036 
WFUS52 KFFC 240933
TORFFC
GAC077-240945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0004.190224T0933Z-190224T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
433 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2019

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Coweta County in west central Georgia...

* Until 445 AM EST.
    
* At 433 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Moreland, or near Newnan, moving east at 30 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, Senoia, Grantville, Moreland, Sharpsburg, Turin and East
  Newnan.

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 3324 8480 3331 8483 3341 8462 3327 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 0933Z 253DEG 26KT 3329 8474 

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
Feb 24, 2:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	33 min
Feb 24, 3:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Heard	44 min
Feb 24, 3:54 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	36 min
Feb 24, 4:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard	32 min
Feb 24, 4:27 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Troup	33 min
Feb 24, 4:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Spalding	11 min
Feb 24, 4:58 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Spalding	32 min
Feb 24, 5:00 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot	45 min
Feb 24, 7:12 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Twiggs	33 min
Feb 24, 7:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Crisp, Pulaski, Washington, Wilcox, Wilkinson	30 min
Feb 24, 8:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilcox	28 min
Feb 24, 8:57 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa	5 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.