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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 6, 2025Chattahoochee County, Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2025, 11:59 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 6, 2025, 11:59 PM EDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2025, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Stewart County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2025-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2025-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

249 
WFUS52 KFFC 070359
TORFFC
GAC053-259-070430-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0025.250407T0359Z-250407T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1159 PM EDT Sun Apr 6 2025

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Chattahoochee County in west central Georgia...
  Northeastern Stewart County in west central Georgia...

* Until 1230 AM EDT.

* At 1159 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Providence Canyon State Park, or near
  Lumpkin, moving northeast at 35 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...
  Charles, Cusseta, Christopher, Brooklyn, Renfroe, Louvale, Manta,
  and Providence Canyon State Park.

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 3208 8493 3235 8479 3235 8466 3223 8466
      3222 8464 3219 8464 3218 8463 3218 8464
      3216 8464 3216 8465 3215 8464 3204 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 218DEG 31KT 3207 8488 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
772 
WWUS52 KFFC 070408
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1208 AM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025

GAC053-259-070430-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-250407T0430Z/
Chattahoochee GA-Stewart GA-
1208 AM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE AND NORTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTIES...

At 1208 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located over Charles, or 2 miles north of Lumpkin, moving 
northeast at 40 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...
Charles, Cusseta, Christopher, Brooklyn, Renfroe, Louvale, and Manta.

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 3213 8488 3235 8479 3235 8466 3223 8466
      3222 8464 3219 8464 3218 8463 3218 8464
      3216 8464 3216 8465 3215 8464 3208 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 220DEG 33KT 3214 8481 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 9:56 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattooga18 hr
Apr 6, 10:14 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFayette, Spalding12 hr
Apr 6, 10:18 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCrawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson36 hr
Apr 6, 10:25 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs66 hr
Apr 6, 11:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd32 min
Apr 6, 11:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart34 min
Apr 7, 12:21 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart24 min
Apr 7, 12:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Taylor26 min
Apr 7, 1:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth119 min
Apr 7, 3:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield36 hr
Apr 7, 6:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer10 hr
Apr 7, 6:18 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield33 hr
Apr 7, 7:20 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCButts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether and 2 more40 min
Apr 7, 7:52 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCHenry13 min
Apr 7, 8:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton43 min
Apr 7, 8:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson27 min
Apr 7, 8:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton40 min
Apr 7, 8:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam33 min
Apr 7, 8:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox39 min
Apr 7, 8:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes48 min
Apr 7, 9:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox35 min
Apr 7, 9:48 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox25 min
Apr 7, 10:00 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield53 hr
Apr 7, 10:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes43 min
Apr 7, 10:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge27 min
Apr 7, 10:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd28 hr
Apr 7, 11:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren30 min
Apr 7, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair47 min
Apr 7, 12:43 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee27 hr
Apr 7, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs44 min
Apr 7, 2:00 PM EDTFreeze WatchFFCBartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 17 more13 hr
Apr 7, 2:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson20 hr
Apr 7, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens29 min
Apr 7, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler42 min
Apr 7, 5:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd41 hr
Apr 7, 5:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCJones17 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.