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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 16, 202514 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2025, 5:05 AM EST for 14 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 55 min. 16 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 16, 2025, 5:05 AM EST (10:05 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2025, 6:00 AM EST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Newton County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 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 16, 5:10 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Thomaston, GA	HAM radio operator reports multiple trees down in the area of Kingston Rd and South Green Street.
Feb 16, 5:16 AM EST	TORNADO	1 Ese Worthville, GA	EF1 tornado with max winds of 100-105mph. 15-20 homes and businesses sustaining damage. Tornado was on the ground for approximately 7 miles.
Feb 16, 5:21 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Yatesville, GA	EM reports tree down at Rock Quarry Rd and Yatesville Hwy.
Feb 16, 5:23 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 E Blount, GA	EM reports tree down several trees down between GA42 and GA 23 and just north of Stokes Store Rd.
Feb 16, 5:23 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nne Culloden, GA	EM reports tree down at GA241 and GA83.
Feb 16, 5:23 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nne Collier, GA	EM reports tree down at Boxankle Rd between Anderson Rd and McMullen Rd.
Feb 16, 5:23 AM EST	TORNADO	2 Ne Turtle Cove, GA	End point for the EF1 tornado which touched down in Butts county and travelled for 7 miles.
Feb 16, 5:27 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Russellville, GA	EM reports tree down at GA42 and Treadwell Rd.
Feb 16, 5:28 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Juliette, GA	EM reports tree down at Newton Rd and Marvin Cir.
Feb 16, 5:29 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Forsyth, GA	EM reports several trees down southeast of Foresyth between GA41 and Hwy 401.
Feb 16, 5:30 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Plant Scherer, GA	EM reports two trees down along Jenkins Rd at Dames Ferry Rd and at Hwy75.
Feb 16, 5:31 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ese Brent, GA	EM reports several trees down in the area of Maynards Mill Rd, Reedy Creek Rd and Josey Rd.
Feb 16, 5:33 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Wsw Bolingbroke, GA	EM reports two trees down along Shi Rd near Zebulon Rd.
Feb 16, 5:41 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Bolingbroke, GA	Em reports two trees down in Bolingbroke along HWY 75 and Dixie Hwy.
Feb 16, 5:45 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Wesleyan, GA	Broadcast reports tree down in the area of Zebulon Rd near Forsyth Rd and Rivoli Dr.
Feb 16, 5:45 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Eatonton, GA	EM reports tree down along hwy441 in Eatonton.

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
Feb 16, 2:02 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 59 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

597 
WUUS52 KFFC 161005
SVRFFC
GAC009-021-035-079-151-159-169-171-207-217-231-237-255-293-161100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0013.250216T1005Z-250216T1100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
505 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Spalding County in west central Georgia...
  Bibb County in central Georgia...
  Southeastern Pike County in west central Georgia...
  Monroe County in central Georgia...
  Upson County in west central Georgia...
  Butts County in central Georgia...
  Jones County in central Georgia...
  South central Newton County in north central Georgia...
  Northwestern Baldwin County in central Georgia...
  Putnam County in central Georgia...
  Southeastern Henry County in north central Georgia...
  Northern Crawford County in central Georgia...
  Jasper County in central Georgia...
  Lamar County in west central Georgia...

* Until 600 AM EST.

* At 505 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Blacksville to Walker Mill to near Milner to
  Sprewell Bluff State Park, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Macon, Griffin, McDonough, Thomaston, Barnesville, Eatonton,
  Jackson, Forsyth, Gray, Monticello, Locust Grove, Flovilla, Milner,
  Jenkinsburg, Yatesville, Shady Dale, Payne, Orchard Hill,
  Meansville, and Culloden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST for central, north
central and west central Georgia.

&&

LAT...LON 3309 8432 3327 8421 3343 8418 3345 8331
      3323 8327 3305 8339 3269 8373 3268 8379
      3286 8449 3288 8448 3288 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1005Z 272DEG 47KT 3341 8416 3327 8415 3309 8425 3287
8448

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

1 follow-up statement

668 
WWUS52 KFFC 161037
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
537 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

GAC151-171-217-231-255-293-161047-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250216T1100Z/
Spalding GA-Pike GA-Henry GA-Upson GA-Lamar GA-Newton GA-
537 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SPALDING...
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE...SOUTHEASTERN HENRY...UPSON...LAMAR AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST for central and
west central Georgia.

&&

LAT...LON 3279 8416 3280 8415 3280 8412 3287 8413
      3293 8409 3293 8405 3300 8404 3316 8394
      3325 8382 3344 8369 3344 8355 3343 8352
      3345 8348 3345 8331 3323 8327 3305 8339
      3269 8373 3269 8377 3268 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 1037Z 272DEG 47KT 3340 8369 3326 8368 3308 8378 3286
8401

$$

GAC009-021-035-079-159-169-207-237-161100-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250216T1100Z/
Baldwin GA-Bibb GA-Putnam GA-Monroe GA-Butts GA-Crawford GA-Jones GA-
Jasper GA-
537 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN...BIBB...PUTNAM...MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN
BUTTS...NORTHERN CRAWFORD...JONES AND JASPER COUNTIES...

At 537 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Calvin to near Adgateville to Plant Scherer to near
Russellville, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Macon, Eatonton, Forsyth, Gray, Monticello, Shady Dale, Payne,
Culloden, Payne City, Postell, Lake Tobesofkee, Bradley, Wayside,
Resseaus Crossroads, Round Oak, Russellville, Central Georgia
Experiment Stn, Plant Harlee Branch, Wesleyan, and Skipperton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST for central and
west central Georgia.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3279 8416 3280 8415 3280 8412 3287 8413
      3293 8409 3293 8405 3300 8404 3316 8394
      3325 8382 3344 8369 3344 8355 3343 8352
      3345 8348 3345 8331 3323 8327 3305 8339
      3269 8373 3269 8377 3268 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 1037Z 272DEG 47KT 3340 8369 3326 8368 3308 8378 3286
8401

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 11:29 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton and 25 more	6 hr
Feb 15, 11:33 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	41 hr
Feb 16, 2:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Walker and 1 more	48 min
Feb 16, 2:45 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	30 min
Feb 16, 2:59 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 4 more	46 min
Feb 16, 3:21 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk	39 min
Feb 16, 3:37 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer and 6 more	53 min
Feb 16, 3:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Troup	44 min
Feb 16, 3:56 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard and 1 more	49 min
Feb 16, 4:02 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Troup	43 min
Feb 16, 4:11 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Lumpkin, Pickens	34 min
Feb 16, 4:11 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Stewart, Talbot	49 min
Feb 16, 4:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette and 6 more	50 min
Feb 16, 4:25 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding, Troup	35 min
Feb 16, 4:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar and 6 more	43 min
Feb 16, 4:40 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Talbot	35 min
Feb 16, 4:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett and 9 more	42 min
Feb 16, 4:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Jackson, Madison	25 min
Feb 16, 4:52 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton and 2 more	23 min
Feb 16, 5:02 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Chattahoochee, Crawford, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee and 8 more	58 min
Feb 16, 5:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Stewart, Webster	53 min
Feb 16, 5:07 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton	38 min
Feb 16, 5:11 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Putnam	49 min
Feb 16, 5:16 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Clarke, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jasper and 9 more	44 min
Feb 16, 5:27 AM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FFC	Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam	33 min
Feb 16, 5:39 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs, Wilkinson	39 min
Feb 16, 5:53 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren and 1 more	52 min
Feb 16, 5:55 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Houston and 9 more	65 min
Feb 16, 5:59 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Glascock, Hancock, Houston and 10 more	61 min
Feb 16, 6:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	10 hr
Feb 16, 6:47 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler	43 min
Feb 16, 6:54 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery and 4 more	66 min
Feb 16, 6:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 3 more	63 min
Feb 16, 7:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gordon	12 hr
Feb 16, 7:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	27 min
Feb 16, 8:00 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jeff Davis	30 min
Feb 16, 8:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Candler	14 min
Feb 16, 8:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	15 min
Feb 16, 11:56 AM EST	Wind Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Catoosa, Cherokee and 47 more	6 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.