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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 7, 2025Henry County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2025, 7:52 AM EDT for Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 13 min. 1 report 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
Apr 7, 2025, 7:52 AM EDT (11:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2025, 8:05 AM EDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Henry County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 7, 7:52 AM EDTTORNADO3 Nw Locust Grove, GANWS Storm Survey confirms EF0 tornado with max winds of 75 mph. Tornado crossed I75 near Bethlehem Road.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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.

906 
WFUS52 KFFC 071152
TORFFC
GAC151-071215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0028.250407T1152Z-250407T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
752 AM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Henry County in north central Georgia...

* Until 815 AM EDT.

* At 751 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Locust Grove, or near McDonough, 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...
  Ola and Locust Grove.

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 3349 8405 3346 8395 3342 8396 3340 8398
      3340 8397 3339 8397 3339 8398 3338 8399
      3335 8413 3339 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 1151Z 241DEG 30KT 3339 8411 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
191 
WWUS52 KFFC 071205
SVSFFC

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

GAC151-071213-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-250407T1215Z/
Henry GA-
805 AM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The rotation with storm which prompted the warning has weakened, and 
no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. The threat for 
damaging winds remains. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled 
and transitioned to a severe thunderstorm warning.

&&

LAT...LON 3349 8405 3346 8395 3342 8396 3340 8398
      3340 8397 3339 8397 3339 8398 3338 8399
      3335 8413 3339 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 241DEG 30KT 3344 8400 

$$

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 6, 11:59 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart31 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.