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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2025, 2:45 AM EST for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 16, 2025, 2:45 AM EST (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2025, 3:15 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:02 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
069
WFUS52 KFFC 160745
TORFFC
GAC083-295-160830-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0001.250216T0745Z-250216T0830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
245 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Walker County in northwestern Georgia...
Southwestern Dade County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 330 AM EST.
* At 245 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hammondville, or 10 miles north of Fort Payne,
moving northeast 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...
Lafayette, Chickamauga, La Fayette, Chattanooga Valley, Rising
Fawn, Linwood, Noble, Cooper Heights, and Rock Spring.
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 3491 8534 3488 8526 3485 8526 3486 8521
3485 8520 3469 8521 3459 8553 3477 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0745Z 240DEG 43KT 3461 8566
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
541
WWUS52 KFFC 160802
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
302 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
GAC083-160811-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-250216T0830Z/
Dade GA-
302 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DADE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST for northwestern
Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3491 8534 3488 8526 3485 8526 3486 8521
3485 8520 3469 8521 3462 8546 3482 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 240DEG 43KT 3471 8545
$$
GAC295-160830-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-250216T0830Z/
Walker GA-
302 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
WALKER COUNTY...
At 301 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Rising Fawn, or 9 miles west of Lafayette, moving
northeast 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...
Lafayette, Chickamauga, La Fayette, Chattanooga Valley, Linwood,
Noble, Cooper Heights, and Rock Spring.
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 3491 8534 3488 8526 3485 8526 3486 8521
3485 8520 3469 8521 3462 8546 3482 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 240DEG 43KT 3471 8545
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$059
WWUS52 KFFC 160815
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
315 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
GAC295-160825-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-250216T0830Z/
Walker GA-
315 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST for northwestern
Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3491 8534 3488 8526 3485 8526 3486 8521
3485 8520 3469 8521 3462 8546 3482 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0813Z 240DEG 43KT 3479 8527
$$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, 2:59 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 | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee and 8 more | 58 min |
| Feb 16, 5:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Henry, Jasper and 8 more | 55 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 | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.