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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2025, 8:26 PM EDT for Clayton County, Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 19 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, 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2025, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Clayton County, GA, Henry County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
769
WFUS52 KFFC 040026
TORFFC
GAC063-151-040100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0032.250504T0026Z-250504T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
826 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Henry County in north central Georgia...
Northeastern Clayton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 826 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Lake City, or near Jonesboro, moving east at 25
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...
Stockbridge, Forest Park, Morrow, Lake City, Fort Gillem, Rex,
Ellenwood, and Conley.
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 3359 8439 3363 8437 3362 8422 3356 8421
3352 8427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 290DEG 24KT 3360 8436
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
943
WWUS52 KFFC 040033
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
833 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
GAC063-151-040100-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-250504T0100Z/
Henry GA-Clayton GA-
833 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HENRY AND NORTHEASTERN CLAYTON COUNTIES...
At 833 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Morrow, or near Jonesboro, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Stockbridge, Forest Park, Morrow, Lake City, Ellenwood, and Rex.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3357 8436 3362 8433 3362 8422 3356 8421
3352 8427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 290DEG 24KT 3358 8431
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$782
WWUS52 KFFC 040045
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
845 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
GAC063-151-040055-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-250504T0100Z/
Henry GA-Clayton GA-
845 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HENRY AND NORTHEASTERN
CLAYTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
north central Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3357 8436 3362 8433 3362 8422 3356 8421
3352 8427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 290DEG 24KT 3355 8422
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 37 min |
| May 3, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 34 min |
| May 3, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 26 min |
| May 3, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 23 min |
| May 3, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 29 min |
| May 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 37 min |
| May 3, 8:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 9 min |
| May 3, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 31 min |
| May 3, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 25 min |
| May 3, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 39 min |
| May 3, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Upson | 35 min |
| May 3, 9:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 20 min |
| May 3, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor | 40 min |
| May 3, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 16 min |
| May 3, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 36 min |
| May 3, 9:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 30 min |
| May 3, 9:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton | 27 min |
| May 3, 9:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 39 min |
| May 3, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 29 min |
| May 3, 9:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper | 29 min |
| May 3, 9:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 18 min |
| May 3, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 32 min |
| May 3, 9:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 42 min |
| May 3, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart | 30 min |
| May 3, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 53 min |
| May 3, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe | 25 min |
| May 3, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 30 min |
| May 4, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 30 hr |
| May 4, 2:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 8 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.