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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2025, 9:01 PM EDT for Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 20 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
- May 3, 2025, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2025, 9:21 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 9:02 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 W Oak Hill, GA | NWS storm survey confirms EF0 tornado with max winds 75mph. Trees downed along Buckingham Drive, hwy 20, hwy 212 east to Oak Hill Road. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.
572
WFUS52 KFFC 040101
TORFFC
GAC217-247-040145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0034.250504T0101Z-250504T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
901 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Rockdale County in north central Georgia...
West central Newton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 945 PM EDT.
* At 901 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Oak Hill, or 9 miles south of Conyers, 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...
Porterdale, Oak Hill, Magnet, and Rocky Plains.
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 3353 8405 3354 8405 3354 8406 3357 8405
3360 8391 3354 8387 3349 8392 3352 8405
3353 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 280DEG 28KT 3354 8404
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
090
WWUS52 KFFC 040112
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
912 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
GAC247-040122-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-250504T0145Z/
Rockdale GA-
912 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKDALE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
north central Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3350 8398 3359 8397 3360 8391 3354 8387
3349 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 280DEG 28KT 3352 8393
$$
GAC217-040145-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-250504T0145Z/
Newton GA-
912 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY...
At 912 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Rocky Plains, or 7 miles southwest of Covington,
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...
Porterdale and Rocky Plains.
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 3350 8398 3359 8397 3360 8391 3354 8387
3349 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 280DEG 28KT 3352 8393
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$244
WWUS52 KFFC 040121
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
921 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
GAC217-040131-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-250504T0145Z/
Newton GA-
921 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
north central Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3350 8398 3359 8397 3360 8391 3354 8387
3349 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 280DEG 28KT 3351 8385
$$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, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 19 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, 9:05 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.