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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 2025Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2025, 9:08 PM EDT for Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 16 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, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2025, 9:24 PM EDT
In force: 16 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), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

721 
WFUS52 KFFC 040108
TORFFC
GAC217-247-040145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0035.250504T0108Z-250504T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
908 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Rockdale County in north central Georgia...
  North central Newton County in north central Georgia...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 907 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Almon, or near 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...
  Conyers, Covington, Oxford, and Almon.

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 3361 8397 3366 8397 3369 8383 3364 8379
      3359 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 276DEG 27KT 3364 8394 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

362 
WWUS52 KFFC 040124
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
924 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025

GAC217-247-040134-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-250504T0145Z/
Rockdale GA-Newton GA-
924 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ROCKDALE AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEWTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited 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 3361 8397 3366 8397 3369 8383 3364 8379
      3359 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 276DEG 27KT 3363 8378 

$$

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, 9:01 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, 9:09 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.