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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2025, 7:27 PM EDT for Carroll County, Georgia. It was in force for 21 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
- May 3, 2025, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2025, 7:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Carroll County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
015
WFUS52 KFFC 032327
TORFFC
GAC045-040015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0031.250503T2327Z-250504T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
727 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 815 PM EDT.
* At 727 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Clem, or near Carrollton, moving east at 20 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...
Carrollton, Whitesburg, Clem, Byers Crossroads, and Seaton Lake.
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 3356 8507 3358 8491 3357 8490 3357 8485
3352 8482 3352 8485 3349 8486 3349 8488
3348 8490 3346 8492 3349 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 275DEG 17KT 3352 8505
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
386
WWUS52 KFFC 032342
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
742 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
GAC045-040015-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-250504T0015Z/
Carroll GA-
742 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY...
At 742 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Seaton Lake, or 8 miles southeast of Carrollton,
moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Whitesburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3352 8497 3354 8492 3354 8489 3352 8485
3349 8486 3349 8488 3348 8490 3346 8492
3347 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 275DEG 17KT 3351 8496
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$689
WWUS52 KFFC 032348
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
748 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
GAC045-032358-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-250504T0015Z/
Carroll GA-
748 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
northwestern and west central Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3352 8497 3354 8492 3354 8489 3352 8485
3349 8486 3349 8488 3348 8490 3346 8492
3347 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 275DEG 17KT 3351 8493
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union, White | 45 min |
| May 2, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 57 min |
| May 2, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gordon, Pickens | 60 min |
| May 2, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union | 43 min |
| May 2, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 35 min |
| May 2, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more | 40 min |
| May 2, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more | 53 min |
| May 2, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Heard | 49 min |
| May 2, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 48 min |
| May 2, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Meriwether | 43 min |
| May 2, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall | 37 min |
| May 2, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 36 min |
| May 2, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry | 47 min |
| May 2, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall | 41 min |
| May 2, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 31 min |
| May 2, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 27 min |
| May 2, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Meriwether, Newton, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding | 37 min |
| May 2, 10:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee | 37 min |
| May 2, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 26 min |
| May 2, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 37 min |
| May 3, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 32 min |
| May 3, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 47 min |
| May 3, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 44 min |
| May 3, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 37 min |
| May 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more | 55 min |
| May 3, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk | 66 min |
| May 3, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield | 46 min |
| May 3, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 29 min |
| May 3, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 37 min |
| May 3, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 35 min |
| May 3, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 45 min |
| May 3, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 36 min |
| May 3, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| May 3, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 31 min |
| May 3, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas | 27 min |
| May 3, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 35 min |
| May 3, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 36 min |
| May 3, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 28 min |
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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.