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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 7:52 AM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Locust Grove, GA | NWS 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 9:56 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 18 hr |
| Apr 6, 10:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 12 hr |
| Apr 6, 10:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 36 hr |
| Apr 6, 10:25 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 66 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 32 min |
| Apr 6, 11:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 34 min |
| Apr 6, 11:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 12:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 12:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Taylor | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 1:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 119 min |
| Apr 7, 3:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 36 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 10 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 33 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether and 2 more | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 8:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 8:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 8:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 8:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Apr 7, 8:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 9:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 9:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 10:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 53 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 10:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 10:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 28 hr |
| Apr 7, 11:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 12:43 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 27 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 2:00 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 17 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:50 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 20 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 5:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 41 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jones | 17 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.