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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2024, 8:30 AM EDT for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 15 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
- May 27, 2024, 8:30 AM EDT (12:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2024, 8:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 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), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1016 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted.
808
WFUS52 KFFC 271230
TORFFC
GAC077-271245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0023.240527T1230Z-240527T1245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
830 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Coweta County in west central Georgia...
* Until 845 AM EDT.
* At 830 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Arnco-Sargent, or near Newnan, moving east at 50
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, East Newnan, Arnco-Sargent, Thomas Crossroads, and Madras.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3337 8491 3345 8491 3348 8468 3340 8465
3333 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 1230Z 272DEG 44KT 3341 8484
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
184
WWUS52 KFFC 271238
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
838 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024
GAC077-271245-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-240527T1245Z/
Coweta GA-
838 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY...
At 838 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Madras, or over Newnan, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Newnan, East Newnan, Thomas Crossroads, and Madras.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3337 8482 3346 8483 3348 8468 3340 8465
3333 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 1238Z 271DEG 40KT 3341 8475
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 48 min |
| May 27, 4:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 27 min |
| May 27, 4:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 35 min |
| May 27, 4:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 24 min |
| May 27, 5:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 25 min |
| May 27, 5:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 31 min |
| May 27, 5:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Towns, Union | 23 min |
| May 27, 5:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 34 min |
| May 27, 5:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Towns, Union, White | 29 min |
| May 27, 5:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Floyd, Forsyth, Gordon and 4 more | 31 min |
| May 27, 6:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 28 min |
| May 27, 6:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 32 min |
| May 27, 6:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall and 2 more | 28 min |
| May 27, 6:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson and 2 more | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and 1 more | 31 min |
| May 27, 7:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 42 min |
| May 27, 7:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Douglas, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 28 min |
| May 27, 7:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton | 27 min |
| May 27, 7:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Heard | 41 min |
| May 27, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale | 30 min |
| May 27, 8:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 27 min |
| May 27, 8:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 25 min |
| May 27, 8:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette and 5 more | 48 min |
| May 27, 8:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Paulding | 10 min |
| May 27, 9:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more | 36 min |
| May 27, 9:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 33 min |
| May 27, 9:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee | 28 min |
| May 27, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro | 35 min |
| May 27, 10:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 22 min |
| May 27, 10:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Taliaferro and 1 more | 35 min |
| May 27, 10:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 22 min |
| May 27, 10:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 35 min |
| May 27, 10:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 31 min |
| May 27, 11:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 30 min |
| May 27, 11:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 4 hr |
| May 27, 11:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 33 min |
| May 27, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 27 min |
| May 27, 12:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 26 min |
| May 27, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot | 31 min |
| May 27, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Upson | 35 min |
| May 27, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 31 min |
| May 27, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Taylor | 24 min |
| May 27, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Taylor | 35 min |
| May 27, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 44 min |
| May 27, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Marion, Talbot, Taylor | 47 min |
| May 27, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach | 37 min |
| May 27, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 64 min |
| May 27, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 45 min |
| May 27, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Sumter, Webster | 52 min |
| May 27, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 47 min |
| May 27, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 50 min |
| May 27, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 46 min |
| May 27, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 49 min |
| May 27, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 29 min |
| May 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Sumter | 44 min |
| May 27, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Sumter | 43 min |
| May 27, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 42 min |
| May 27, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 42 min |
| May 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 39 min |
| May 27, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 51 min |
| May 27, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 49 min |
| May 27, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 44 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 50 min |
| May 27, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 40 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 44 min |
| May 27, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Spalding | 32 min |
| May 27, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 43 min |
| May 27, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 40 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.